Vocation | Mean of vocation in English Dictionary

/voʊˈkeɪʃən/

• Noun
• a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work (such as religious work)
1. It was her vocation [=calling] to be a teacher.
2. This isn't just a job for me; it's a vocation.
3. people who follow a religious vocation
4. He never felt a real sense of vocation.
• the work that a person does or should be doing
1. his chosen vocation [=occupation]
2. She discovered architecture as her true vocation [=calling] while in college.
3. He feels he missed his vocation [=did not have the career he should have] by not becoming a doctor.
4. I'm a carpenter by vocation, but my hobby is painting.