Calling

n.	1.	The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
	2.	A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. - Macaulay.
	3.	A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called. Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. - 2 Tim. i. 9. Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. - 2 Pet. i. 10.
	4.	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.
	5.	One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade. The humble calling of ter female parent. - Thackeray.
	6.	The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. To impose celibacy on wholy callings. - Hammond.
	7.	Title; appellation; name. I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. - Shak.

Noun

1.

calling - the particular occupation for which you are trained Synonyms: career, vocation

ambition, apostolic orders, appellation, appointment, area, art, aspiration, baptism, basis, beck, beck and call, bid, biddance, bidding, business, call, calling forth, canonization, career, career building, careerism, cause, christening, conferment, consecration, consideration, convocation, craft, definition, denomination, designation, election, employment, engraved invitation, evocation, game, goal, ground, guiding light, guiding star, handicraft, holy orders, ideal, identification, indent, induction, inspiration, installation, institution, intention, investiture, invitation, invite, invocation, job, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, lodestar, mainspring, major orders, matter, metier, minor orders, mission, motive, mystery, naming, nicknaming, nod, nomination, number, occupation, ordainment, orders, ordination, practice, preconization, preferment, presentation, principle, profession, province, pursuit, racket, reading in, reason, requisition, sake, score, source, specialization, specialty, spring, styling, summons, terming, trade, ulterior motive, vocation, walk, walk of life, work

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