Definition of calling

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Calling (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called..

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Slang :: Slang (n.) Low, vulgar, unauthorized language; a popular but unauthorized word, phrase, or mode of expression; also, the jargon of some particular calling or class in society; low popular cant; as, the slang of the theater, of college, of sailors, etc..
Exciting :: Exciting (a.) Calling or rousing into action; producing excitement; as, exciting events; an exciting story..
Ban :: Ban (n.) A calling together of the king's (esp. the French king's) vassals for military service; also, the body of vassals thus assembled or summoned. In present usage, in France and Prussia, the most effective part of the population liable to military duty and not in the standing army..
Expert :: Expert (n.) An expert or experienced person; one instructed by experience; one who has skill, experience, or extensive knowledge in his calling or in any special branch of learning..
Arraignment :: Arraignment (n.) The act of arraigning, or the state of being arraigned; the act of calling and setting a prisoner before a court to answer to an indictment or complaint..
Reminiscent :: Reminiscent (a.) Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something..
Visit :: Visit (v. i.) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
Crying :: Crying (a.) Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil..
Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..
Vocative :: Vocative (a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord..
Call :: Call (n.) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant requiring or calling for a corresponding object, etc., on the land..
Exclamation :: Exclamation (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc..
Convocation :: Convocation (n.) The act of calling or assembling by summons.
Avocative :: Avocative (a.) Calling off.
Fancy :: Fancy (n.) The faculty by which the mind forms an image or a representation of anything perceived before; the power of combining and modifying such objects into new pictures or images; the power of readily and happily creating and recalling such objects for the purpose of amusement, wit, or embellishment; imagination..
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) A calling by the will of God.
Occupation :: Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall..
Calling :: Calling (n.) A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament..
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