Profession

Profession
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. [1913 Webster]

A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]

2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere. [1913 Webster]

The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. --J. Morse. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Hi tried five or six professions in turn. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]

Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are, especially, theology, law, and medicine. [1913 Webster]

4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him. [1913 Webster]

5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. [1913 Webster]


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  • profession — Profession. s. f. v. Aveu public. Je fais profession d estre vostre serviteur, j en fais une profession publique. une profession solemnelle. On dit, Faire une profession de foy, pour dire, Faire une declaration publique de sa foy, & des… …   Dictionnaire de l'Académie française

  • profession — pro‧fes‧sion [prəˈfeʆn] noun [countable] JOBS 1. a job that needs advanced education and special training: • realtors, a profession with an established record of service to the public • People assume that money management is a well paid… …   Financial and business terms

  • profession — Profession, Professio. Faire profession de quelque chose et s en mesler publiquement, Aliquid profiteri. Profession de bien parler, Bene dicendi professio. La profession et art dont se mesle l orateur, Vis et facultas oratoris. Profession de… …   Thresor de la langue françoyse

  • Profession — Sf Beruf erw. fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. profession, dieses aus l. professio öffentliche Angabe , zu l. profitērī öffentlich angeben zu l. fatērī bekennen und l. prō. Adjektiv: professionell. Professional Berufssportler… …   Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache

  • profession — ► NOUN 1) a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. 2) (treated as sing. or pl. ) a body of people engaged in a profession. 3) an open but typically false claim. 4) a declaration of belief in a religion. ●… …   English terms dictionary

  • profession — I (declaration) noun affirmation, announcement, assertion, assurance, attestation, averment, avowal, claim, confession, declaration of faith, disclosure, enunciation, notification, oath, pledge, presentation, professio, pronouncement,… …   Law dictionary

  • profession — (n.) c.1200, vows taken upon entering a religious order, from O.Fr. profession, from L. professionem (nom. professio) public declaration, from professus (see PROFESS (Cf. profess)). Meaning occupation one professes to be skilled in is from early… …   Etymology dictionary

  • profession — [prō fesh′ən, prəfesh′ən] n. [OFr < L professio] 1. a professing, or declaring; avowal, whether true or pretended [a profession of sympathy] 2. a) the avowal of belief in a religion b) a faith or religion professed 3 …   English World dictionary

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