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.