召しょう命めい

noun

divine call; calling

Primarily a Christian term for God's call to a person, especially to ministry or a specific mission. Also used more broadly for a sense of vocation.

• 彼かれは神かみからの召しょう命めいを感かんじて牧ぼく師しになった。

  He felt a divine call from God and became a pastor.

• 召しょう命めいを受うけて宣せん教きょう師しとして海かい外がいに赴おもむいた。

  Receiving the call, she went abroad as a missionary.