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.
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A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a
claim; as, his professions are insincere.
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The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the
contradiction between professions and conduct. --J.
Morse.
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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.
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Hi tried five or six professions in turn.
--Macaulay.
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Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are,
especially, theology, law, and medicine.
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4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as,
the profession distrust him.
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5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of,
a religious order.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
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profession — [ prɔfesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1155; lat. professio I ♦ 1 ♦ (Dans la loc. faire profession de ) Déclaration ouverte, publique (d une croyance, d une opinion, d un comportement). Faire profession d une religion. Faire profession de libéralisme. Faire… … Encyclopédie Universelle
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 [prəˈfeʆn] 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
Profession — Profession,die:⇨Beruf(1) Profession→Beruf … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
