professed
Americanadjective
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avowed; acknowledged.
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professing to be qualified; professional, rather than amateur.
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having taken the vows of, or been received into, a religious order.
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alleged; pretended.
adjective
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avowed or acknowledged
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alleged or pretended
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professing to be qualified as
a professed philosopher
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having taken vows of a religious order
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of professed
1300–50; Middle English (in religious sense) < Medieval Latin profess ( us ) (special use of Latin professus, past participle of profitērī to declare publicly, equivalent to pro- pro- 1 + -fet-, combining form of fatērī to acknowledge + -tus past participle suffix, with tt > ss ) + -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Professed belief in God may be on the decline, but we are surrounded by increasingly powerful and even godlike machines.
From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023
Professed Knights, from which the Grand Masters are chosen, take vows of poverty and chastity as well as obedience to the pope.
From Reuters • May 3, 2023
Professed aim of FCC's original regulations was to put small radio stations in a better business position relative to the chains, to open up competition and to afford new networks more weaving room.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professed aim of last week's revolt was a new provisional government, which would call a constituent assembly to meet before the general election which Provisional President de Cespedes had promised to hold next February.
From Time Magazine Archive
Professed practitioners of witchcraft were dreaded by all classes, and by destroying mutual confidence they annulled the comfort and shook the security of society.
From The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia by Frazer, James George, Sir
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