calling
NOUN:
1. an occupation, vocation, profession, or trade:
What is your calling?
2. a call or summons:
He had a calling to join the church.
3. a strong impulse or inclination:
She did it in response to an inner calling.
4. a strong inner urge to follow an occupation, etc; vocation.
5. a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence.
6. the vocation or profession in which one customarily engages.
7. a convocation:
the calling of Congress.
8. the act of a person or thing that calls.
Examples:
He had always felt a calling to help others. // He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.
Origin:
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at call, -ing1.
Sources: 1, 2.
1. an occupation, vocation, profession, or trade:
What is your calling?
2. a call or summons:
He had a calling to join the church.
3. a strong impulse or inclination:
She did it in response to an inner calling.
4. a strong inner urge to follow an occupation, etc; vocation.
5. a strong inner impulse toward a particular course of action especially when accompanied by conviction of divine influence.
6. the vocation or profession in which one customarily engages.
7. a convocation:
the calling of Congress.
8. the act of a person or thing that calls.
Examples:
He had always felt a calling to help others. // He experienced a calling to enter the priesthood.
Origin:
Middle English word dating back to 1200–50; see origin at call, -ing1.
Sources: 1, 2.