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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

call·ing / ˈkôling/ • n. 1. the loud cries or shouts of an animal or person: the calling of a cuckoo. 2. [in sing.] a strong urge toward a particular way of life or career; a vocation: those who have a special calling to minister to others' needs. ∎ a profession or occupation.

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Calling

Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms | 1985 | Copyright

Calling

a group of persons following a profession, specifically, the church, medicine, or nursing.

Example: calling house of wits, 1860.

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calling

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

calling. A technical term for the Divine act whereby those destined for salvation are persuaded to accept the Gospel.

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E. A. LIVINGSTONE. "calling." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church. 2000. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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calling

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

calling •brambling, rambling •hatchling • brandling •gangling, wrangling •crackling • sapling •fatling, Gatling •mantling, scantling •darling, sparling, starling •sampling • starveling •dwelling, misspelling, self-propelling, spelling, swelling, telling, upwelling •trembling • vetchling • fledgling •nestling, wrestling •storytelling •failing, grayling, mailing, paling, railing, sailing, tailing, unavailing, veiling, wailing •changeling • boardsailing •parasailing •appealing, ceiling, Darjeeling, dealing, feeling, Keeling, peeling, revealing, self-sealing, shieling, wheeler-dealing, wheeling •reedling, seedling •weakling • Riesling •deskilling, filling, grilling, killing, Pilling, quilling, Schilling, self-fulfilling, shilling, Trilling, unfulfilling, willing •sibling • kindling • piffling •inkling, sprinkling, tinkling •Kipling, stripling •princeling • witling •brisling, quisling •painkilling •filing, piling, reviling, tiling, unsmiling •motorcycling • hairstyling • rockling •gosling •calling, Pauling •lordling • porkling •cowling, fowling •foundling, groundling •ruling, schooling •intercooling • wirepulling •grumbling •buckling, duckling, Suckling •youngling • coupling • dumpling •puzzling • swashbuckling •shearling, yearling •hireling •towelling (US toweling) •gruelling (US grueling) •babbling, dabbling •marbling • scribbling •mumbling, rumbling •sanderling • middling • doodling •underling • rifling • shuffling •strangling • fingerling •enamelling (US enameling) •rustling • rattling •bitterling, chitterling •titling •sterling, Stirling •nurseling, nursling •earthling

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