noun.
A calling or designation to a particular activity, office, or duty; a summons; a call; in theology, a call, under God's guidance, to the Christian life or some special state, service, or ministry.
noun.
Employment; occupation; avocation; calling; business; trade: including professions as well as mechanical occupations. See avocation, 5.
noun.
Synonyms Calling, Business, etc. See occupation.