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call·ing

   [kaw-ling]
noun
1.
the act of a person or thing that calls.
2.
vocation, profession, or trade: What is your calling?
3.
a call or summons: He had a calling to join the church.
4.
a strong impulse or inclination: She did it in response to an inner calling.
5.
a convocation: the calling of Congress.
Origin:
1200–50; Middle English; see call, -ing1

Synonyms
2. mission, province, forte, specialty, field.

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calling
"vocation," mid-13c., from prp. of call (v.). The sense traces to I Cor. vii:20.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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