See Also: calling(dictionary)
name-calling(dictionary)
calling(dictionary)
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London calling(finance)
calling card(dictionary)
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Calling Hand - Poker(gambling)

calling (iou)



calling noun. ME.
[from CALL verb + -ING1.]
I.
The action of CALL verb. ME.
II.
(An inward conviction of) divine prompting to salvation or to serve God (with ref. to the Christian ministry with mixture of sense 4); a strong impulse towards a course of action as the right thing to do; (a) vocation. ME.
F. Nightingale What is it to feel a calling for any thing? M. L. King I am a preacher by calling.
Station in life; rank. M16-L17.
An occupation, a profession, a trade. M16.
J. Buchan Business is now accepted as a calling for those who have received a liberal education. Mollie Harris Men who were known by their callingCarter Temple, Shepherd Spindlow,..Cowman Godfrey.
Comb.: calling-card (chiefly N. Amer.) a visiting-card; esp. (fig.) a distinctive mark left behind by someone.