Calling

1. p. pr. & vb. n. of Call
2. n. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.
3. n. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
4. n. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
5. n. 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.
6. n. One’s usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.
7. n. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.