Definition of calling

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Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies..

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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..
Call :: Call (n.) The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call..
Avocation :: Avocation (n.) A calling away; a diversion.
Calling :: Calling (n.) A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament..
Devocation :: Devocation (n.) A calling off or away.
Calling :: Calling (n.) A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies..
Southcottian :: Southcottian (n.) A follower of Joanna Southcott (1750-1814), an Englishwoman who, professing to have received a miraculous calling, preached and prophesied, and committed many impious absurdities..
Arriere-ban :: Arriere-ban (n.) A proclamation, as of the French kings, calling not only their immediate feudatories, but the vassals of these feudatories, to take the field for war; also, the body of vassals called or liable to be called to arms, as in ancient France..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall..
Profession :: Profession (v.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him..
Follow :: Follow (v. t.) To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling..
Sevocation :: Sevocation (n.) A calling aside.
Chief Hare :: Chief hare () A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare..
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Vocation :: Vocation (n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
Commonitory :: Commonitory (a.) Calling to mind; giving admonition.
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..
Visit :: Visit (v. i.) To make a visit or visits; to maintain visiting relations; to practice calling on others.
Chicky :: Chicky (n.) A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls..
Function :: Function (n.) The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance..
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