profession
a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching.: Compare learned profession.
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.
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.
Origin of profession
1synonym study For profession
Other words for profession
Other words from profession
- pro·fes·sion·less, noun
- non·pro·fes·sion, noun
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How to use profession in a sentence
Today many in the economics and urban planning professions consider such factors close to irrelevant.
The Rustbelt Roars Back From the Dead | Joel Kotkin, Richey Piiparinen | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHe has given that profession a swagger that, let's face it, few other professions have.
Rules governing how those professions were defined should have prevented most workers from being paid less than the minimum wage.
Justices are picked from and mix in the highest echelons of the American professions.
God Save the United States From This Anti-Democratic Court | Jedediah Purdy | June 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOf course, Christian tradition has rejected many of these stipulations about unsuitable professions.
Take the memories of members of the learned professions—they are usually only reference memories.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Should the alliance between the two professions be questioned, the following case will justify our assertion.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; | VariousBut the Whig chiefs were not men to be duped by the professions of so notorious a liar.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington MacaulayThey pretend to like me, and whatever you may think of French professions, I am convinced that some at least are sincere.
Private Letters of Edward Gibbon (1753-1794) Volume 1 (of 2) | Edward GibbonOf general professions of loyalty the Earl was lavish enough, but when it came to material guarantees there was less compliance.
Ireland Under the Tudors, Vol. II (of 3) | Richard Bagwell
British Dictionary definitions for profession
/ (prəˈfɛʃən) /
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 called: profession 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
Origin of profession
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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