[pruh-fesh-uh
n] 
| 1. | a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Compare learned profession. |
| 2. | any vocation or business. |
| 3. | the body of persons engaged in an occupation or calling: to be respected by the medical profession. |
| 4. | the act of professing; avowal; a declaration, whether true or false: professions of dedication. |
| 5. | the declaration of belief in or acceptance of religion or a faith: the profession of Christianity. |
| 6. | a religion or faith professed. |
| 7. | the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order. |