·noun Title; appellation; name.
II. Calling ·noun A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
III. Calling ·p.pr. & ·vb.n. of Call.
IV. Calling ·noun One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
V. Calling ·noun A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
VI. Calling ·noun The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
VII. Calling ·noun The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, ·esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
VIII. Calling ·noun 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.