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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Call \Call\ (k[add]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Called} (k[add]ld); p. pr & vb n. {Calling}] [OE. callen, AS ceallian akin to Icel. & Sw kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, OHG. kall[=o]n to call cf Gr ghry`ein to speak, sing, Skr. gar to praise. Cf {Garrulous}.] 1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as to call a servant. Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain --Shak. 2. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as to be called to the ministry; sometimes to invite; as to call a minister to be the pastor of a church. Paul . . . called to be an apostle --Rom. i. 1. The Holy Ghost said Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them --Acts xiii. 2. 3. To invite or command to meet to convoke; -- often with together; as the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen. Now call we our high court of Parliament. --Shak. 4. To give name to to name to address, or speak of by a specifed name If you would but call me Rosalind --Shak. And God called the light Day and the darkness he called Night. --Gen. i. 5. 5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind to denominate; to designate. What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. --Acts x. 15. 6. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact as they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work [The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. --Brougham. 7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of [Obs.] This speech calls him Spaniard. --Beau. & Fl 8. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off as to call or call off the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company. No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. --Gay. 9. To invoke; to appeal to I call God for a witness. --2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ] 10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken. If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. I prithee call me Sleep hath seized me wholly. --Shak. {To call a bond}, to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid. {To call a party} (Law), to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him {To call back}, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back {To call down}, to pray for as blessing or curses. {To call forth}, to bring or summon to action as to call forth all the faculties of the mind. {To call in}, a To collect; as to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as to call in uncurrent coin. b To summon to one's side to invite to come together; as to call in neighbors. {To call (any one) names}, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). {To call off}, to summon away to divert; as to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. {To call out}. a To summon to fight; to challenge. b To summon into service; as to call out the militia. {To call over}, to recite separate particulars in order as a roll of names {To call to account}, to demand explanation of {To call to mind}, to recollect; to revive in memory. {To call to order}, to request to come to order as: a A public meeting, when opening it for business. b A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate. {To call to the bar}, to admit to practice in courts of law. {To call up}. a To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend. b To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of as to call up a bill before a legislative body. Syn: To name denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to designate. Usage: {To Call}, {Convoke}, {Summon}. Call is the generic term; as to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as to summon a witness. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Calling \Call"ing\, n. 1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of some one 2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament. The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. --Macaulay. 3. A divine summons or invitation; also the state of being divinely called Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. --2 Tim. i. 9. Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure --2 Pet. i. 10. 4. 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. 5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade The humble calling of ter female parent. --Thackeray. 6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment. To impose celibacy on wholy callings. --Hammond. 7. Title; appellation; name [Obs.] I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. --Shak. Syn: Occupation; employment; business; trade profession; office; engagement; vocation. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: calling n : the particular occupation for which you are trained [syn: {career}, {vocation}] From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: Calling a profession, or as we usually say a vocation (1 Cor. 7:20). The "hope of your calling" in Eph. 4:4 is the hope resulting from your being called into the kingdom of God.
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