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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Suggestive :: Suggestion (n.) The act or power of originating or recalling ideas or relations, distinguished as original and relative; -- a term much used by Scottish metaphysicians from Hutcherson to Thomas Brown..
Soi-disant :: Soi-disant (a.) Calling himself; self-styled; pretended; would-be.
Redirect :: Redirect (a.) Applied to the examination of a witness, by the party calling him, after the cross-examination..
Evocation :: Evocation (n.) The act of calling out or forth.
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..
Calling :: Calling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cal.
Rememoration :: Rememoration (n.) A recalling by the faculty of memory; remembrance.
Occupation :: Occupation (n.) That which occupies or engages the time and attention; the principal business of one's life; vocation; employment; calling; trade.
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..
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..
Lure :: Lure (n.) A contrivance somewhat resembling a bird, and often baited with raw meat; -- used by falconers in recalling hawks..
Impeachment :: Impeachment (n.) A calling to account; arraignment; especially, of a public officer for maladministration..
Profession :: Profession (v.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him..
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..
Revivification :: Revivification (n.) Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life..
Career :: Career (n.) General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a public character; as, Washington's career as a soldier..
Reminiscent :: Reminiscent (a.) Recalling to mind, or capable of recalling to mind; having remembrance; reminding one of something..
Fiddler :: Fiddler (n.) A burrowing crab of the genus Gelasimus, of many species. The male has one claw very much enlarged, and often holds it in a position similar to that in which a musician holds a fiddle, hence the name; -- called also calling crab, soldier crab, and fighting crab..
Revocation :: Revocation (n.) The act of calling back, or the state of being recalled; recall..
Copy :: Copy (n.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy..
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