[voh-key-shuh
n] 
| 1. | a particular occupation, business, or profession; calling. |
| 2. | a strong impulse or inclination to follow a particular activity or career. |
| 3. | a divine call to God's service or to the Christian life. |
| 4. | a function or station in life to which one is called by God: the religious vocation; the vocation of marriage. |
| vo·ca·tion (vō-kā'shən) n.
[Middle English vocacioun, divine call to a religious life, from Old French vocation, from Latin vocātiō, vocātiōn-, a calling, from vocātus, past participle of vocāre, to call; see wekw- in Indo-European roots.] |