Available Definitions:
1) n. - A call; a summons; a citation; especially, a designation or appointment to a particular state, business, or profession.
2) n. - Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
3) n. - A calling by the will of God.
4) 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.
5) n. - A call to special religious work, as to the ministry.