Definition of vocation
- n. - A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation
or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
- n. - Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation;
trade; business; profession.
- n. - A calling by the will of God.
- n. - 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; as, the vocation of the Jews under the old dispensation, and
of the Gentiles under the gospel.
- n. - A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.