Vocation

n. calling; career, profession; capability, skill

The term "vocation" should not be confused with vocational education.A vocation is an occupation, either professional or voluntary, that is carried out more for its altruistic benefit than for income, which might be regarded as a secondary aspect of the vocation, however beneficial. Vocations can be seen as fulfilling a psychological or spiritual need for the worker, and the term can also be used to describe any occupation for which a person is specifically gifted, and usually implies that the worker has a form of "calling" for the task. The word "vocation" comes from the Latin vocare, meaning "to call"; , however, its usage before the sixteenth century, particularly in the Vulgate, refers to the calling of all mankind to salvation, with its more modern usage of a life-task first employed by Martin Luther.
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Noun
1. the particular occupation for which you are trained
(synonym) career, calling
(hypernym) occupation, business, job, line of work, line
(hyponym) specialization, specialisation, specialty, speciality, specialism
2. a body of people doing the same kind of work
(synonym) occupational group
(hypernym) body
(hyponym) profession, community

n. vocation, calling

(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.)
Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
  

(n.)
A calling by the will of God.
  

(n.)
A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
  

(n.)
A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.