professions

[pruh-fesh-uhn]

pro·fes·sion

[pruh-fesh-uhn]
noun
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.
EXPAND
6.
a religion or faith professed.
7.
the declaration made on entering into membership of a church or religious order.
COLLAPSE

Origin:
1175–1225; Middle English < Medieval Latin professiōn- (stem of professiō) the taking of the vows of a religious order. See professed, -ion

pro·fes·sion·less, noun
non·pro·fes·sion, noun


1. calling, employment. See occupation. 4. asseveration, assertion, protestation.

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