vocation
[noun]
Synonyms: profession, calling, career, job, mission, pursuit, trade

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

vo‧ca‧tion /vəʊˈkeɪʃən $ voʊ-/ noun [uncountable and countable]
[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Latin; Origin: vocatio 'call, summons', from vocare 'to call']

1.
a) the feeling that the purpose of your life is to do a particular type of work, especially because it allows you to help other people
vocation for
Jan has a vocation for teaching.
a strong sense of vocation
You missed your vocation (=you would have been good at a particular job).
b) a particular type of work that you feel is right for you:
At 17 she found her true vocation as a writer.

2. a strong belief that you have been chosen by God to be a priest or a nun

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

vocation
noun
ADJ. real, true | religious
VERB + VOCATION find She struggled for years to find her true vocation.
have | follow, pursue He is desperate to pursue his vocation as an artist.
miss She feels that she missed her vocation by not working with children.
PREP. ~ for She seems to have a vocation for healing.
~ to a vocation to the priesthood
PHRASES a sense of vocation This is a job that demands a sense of vocation.

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