Usage of "higher calling"

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Usage of higher calling in English

He had a higher calling: as the inventor of the crossword puzzle. 
 The Irish Times 

But writing is a business to me, not some higher calling. 
 Romancing miss bronte: a novel 

All it needs to reach adulthood is a higher calling. 
 Wired 

For a true preserver, there can be no higher calling. 
 The nomad 

I thought I would have a higher calling than this. 
 The red queen 

A few people may not like it, but we Butlerians have a higher calling. 
 Sisterhood of Dune 

As human beings, each of us has a higher calling to destroy thinking machines. 
 Sisterhood of Dune 

On the phone, however, Smith points out the higher calling of artists and audience alike. 
 Ebony 

There was always the sense, however, of what seemed a higher calling for Wenger's Arsenal. 
 Independent.ie 

Truman had been grooming him for a higher calling. 
 Secret of the seventh son 

But this one has a higher calling, saving lives. 
 Wired 

He left no comment about art's higher calling, the creative process or about religion or politics. 
 The Guardian 

You could say he has a higher calling. 
 Wired 

There can be no higher calling than that of telling of the saving grace of God. 
 The Deacon of Dobbinsville / A Story Based on Actual Happenings 

I answer to a higher calling now. 
 Shadow's son 

Forgetting those things which are behind us, let's press forward toward God's higher calling for our lives. 
 Ebony 

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Meanings of higher calling in English