Definition of calling

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Calling (n.) One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade..

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Vocation :: Vocation (n.) Destined or appropriate employment; calling; occupation; trade; business; profession.
Anamnesis :: Anamnesis (n.) A recalling to mind; recollection.
Recall :: Recall (n.) A calling back; a revocation.
Calling :: Calling (n.) The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment..
Revivification :: Revivification (n.) Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life..
Lowing :: Lowing (n.) The calling sound made by cows and other bovine animals.
Pika :: Pika (n.) Any one of several species of rodents of the genus Lagomys, resembling small tailless rabbits. They inhabit the high mountains of Asia and America. Called also calling hare, and crying hare. See Chief hare..
Whistle :: Whistle (v. i.) A sharp, shrill, more or less musical sound, made by forcing the breath through a small orifice of the lips, or through or instrument which gives a similar sound; the sound used by a sportsman in calling his dogs; the shrill note of a bird; as, the sharp whistle of a boy, or of a boatswain's pipe; the blackbird's mellow whistle..
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..
Revocatory :: Revocatory (a.) Of or pertaining to revocation; tending to, or involving, a revocation; revoking; recalling..
Revoke :: Revoke (v. t.) Hence, to annul, by recalling or taking back; to repeal; to rescind; to cancel; to reverse, as anything granted by a special act; as, , to revoke a will, a license, a grant, a permission, a law, or the like..
Biddy :: Biddy (n.) A name used in calling a hen or chicken.
Bawl :: Bawl (v. i.) To cry out with a loud, full sound; to cry with vehemence, as in calling or exultation; to shout; to vociferate..
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..
Evocative :: Evocative (a.) Calling forth; serving to evoke; developing.
Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Calling :: Calling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cal.
Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..
Scandalous :: Scandalous (a.) Giving offense to the conscience or moral feelings; exciting reprobation; calling out condemnation.
Expensive :: Expensive (a.) Occasioning expense; calling for liberal outlay; costly; dear; liberal; as, expensive dress; an expensive house or family..
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