Definition for

vocation


noun – A calling or designation to a particular activity, office, or duty; a summons; a call; in theology, a call, under God's guidance, to the Christian life or some special state, service, or ministry.

noun – Employment; occupation; avocation; calling; business; trade: including professions as well as mechanical occupations. See avocation, 5.

noun – Synonyms Calling, Business, etc. See occupation.

noun – A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.

noun – Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.

noun – A calling by the will of God.

noun – The bestowment of God's distinguishing grace upon a person or nation, by which that person or nation is put in the way of salvation.

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