learned profession
Americannoun
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A. M. A.'s "legal talent" made it clear that they would take the tack that medicine is a learned profession, not a trade, and thus does not fall within the scope of the Sherman Act.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Nevada state legislature last week became the first in the nation to declare traditional Chinese medicine "a learned profession."
From Time Magazine Archive
He believes that lawyers and educators interested in training lawyers must reconstruct legal education so as to achieve a learned profession and the common good.
From Time Magazine Archive
A learned profession might be sneeringly tolerated; but woe to him who spoke of agriculture, or commerce, or the mechanic arts!
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 06, April, 1858 by Various
The learned profession is yours if you deserve it, and you can deserve it only through study, application, and perseverance.
From Carpentry for Boys In a Simple Language, Including Chapters on Drawing, Laying Out Work, Designing and Architecture With 250 Original Illustrations by Zerbe, James Slough
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