VOCATION

[noun] - a type of work that you feel you are suited to doing and to which you should give all your time and energy, or the feeling of suitability itself"We need teachers who regard their profession as a vocation, not just a job," said the Minister. [C]It was only when he turned to politics that he felt he'd found his vocation. [C]You've missed your vocation, Liz, you should have been a nurse! [C]He began to feel that the church was his true vocation and at the age of 30 joined a seminary. [C]To work in medicine, you should have a vocation (= feeling of suitability) for it. [C]She's a doctor by vocation (= feeling of suitability). [U]They don't work with any sense of vocation (= feeling of suitability), merely for financial reward. [U]