- (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.
- (n.) The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.
- (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Call.
- (n.) A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.
- (n.) Title; appellation; name.
- (n.) The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, especially in order to summon or to attact the attention of, some one.
- (n.) One's usual occupation or employment; vocation; business; trade.
- (n.) A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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