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profession |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Profession \Pro*fes"sion\, n. [F., fr L. professio. See {Profess}, v.] 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. 2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as his professions are insincere. The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. --J. Morse. 3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like to which one devotes one's self the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry. Hi tried five or six professions in turn. --Macaulay. Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are especially, theology, law, and medicine. 4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as the profession distrust him 5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of a religious order From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: profession n 1: the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community" [syn: {community}] 2: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences) 3: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement" [syn: {professing}] 4: affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"
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