Definition of "calling" []

• An inner urge or a strong impulse, especially one believed to be divinely inspired to accept the Gospels as truth and Jesus as one's personal savior. (noun)
• An occupation, profession, or career. (noun)

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• "Yonder, behind the forests, he heard strange sounds; then glinting through the trees he saw, far, far away, the bronzed hosts of a nation calling, —calling faintly, calling loudly."
• "The father went calling, _calling_ the name of his boy."
• "For example: a label calling for a one-teaspoon dose packaged with a cup marked in milliliters."