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profession
[ pruh-fesh-uhn ]
noun
- a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: Compare learned profession.
the profession of teaching.
Synonyms: employment, calling
- any vocation or business.
- the body of persons engaged in an occupation or calling:
to be respected by the medical profession.
- the act of professing; avowal; a declaration, whether true or false:
professions of dedication.
Synonyms: protestation, assertion, asseveration
- the declaration of belief in or acceptance of religion or a faith:
the profession of Christianity.
- a religion or faith professed.
- the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.
profession
/ prəˈfɛʃən /
noun
- an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
- the body of people in such an occupation
- the act of professing; avowal; declaration
- Also calledprofession of faith a declaration of faith in a religion, esp as made on entering the Church of that religion or an order belonging to it
- the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration
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- pro·fession·less noun
- nonpro·fession noun
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
The military has been trying to stop current and former special operators from discussing their secretive profession.
Today that singularly revered profession is actually many jobs rolled into one.
Who will want to enter this profession for a poverty wage and little or no paid time off?
The ones who could handle her profession stuck around for many years.
This is one of the most subtle and touching aspects of the profession.
We have been in the profession some years, Mr. Pickwick, and have been honoured with the confidence of many excellent clients.
This time there was no interference, and Ney so severely wounded his adversary that he was unable to continue his profession.
And, hence, a standing of Christian profession higher than has yet been attained to by any, has to be aspired at.
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; for he is faithful that promised.
At times a question occurs to me whether that's his real name, or one assumed in his profession.
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