call·ing 
/ˈkɑ:lɪŋ/ noun
plural call·ings /ˈkɑ:lɪŋ/ noun [count] 1 : a strong desire to spend your life doing a certain kind of work (such as religious work)
▪ He had always felt a calling to help others. ▪ He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood. ▪ For Mary, teaching wasn't a job, it was a calling. [=vocation] 2 : the work that a person does or should be doing
▪ She discovered architecture as her true calling [=vocation] while in college. ▪ He feels he missed his calling [=did not have the career he should have] by not becoming a doctor.
▪ He had always felt a calling to help others. ▪ He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood. ▪ For Mary, teaching wasn't a job, it was a calling. [=vocation]
▪ She discovered architecture as her true calling [=vocation] while in college. ▪ He feels he missed his calling [=did not have the career he should have] by not becoming a doctor.
