/kaw"ling/ , n.
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.
[ 1200-50; ME; see CALL, -ING 1 ]
Syn. 2. mission, province, forte, specialty, field.