Liv″ing, n. 1. The state of one who, or that which, lives; lives; life; existence. “Health and living.” Shak.
2. Manner of life; as, riotous living; penurious living; earnest living. “ A vicious living.” Chaucer.
3. Means of subsistence; sustenance; estate.
She can spin for her living. Shak.
He divided unto them his living. Luke xv. 12.
4. Power of continuing life; the act of living, or living comfortably.
There is no living without trusting somebody or other in some cases. L' Estrange.
5. The benefice of a clergyman; an ecclesiastical charge which a minister receives.
He could not get a deanery, a prebend, or even a livingMacaulay.
Livng room, the room most used by the family.