learned profession
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Nevada state legislature last week became the first in the nation to declare traditional Chinese medicine "a learned profession."
From Time Magazine Archive
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
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
This unfortunate young doctor has an uncle, of the same learned profession, who is addicted to the science of animal magnetism.
From Paris and the Parisians in 1835 (Vol. 1 of 2) by Trollope, Frances Milton
I myself would like to see dressmaking regarded not merely as a learned profession, but as a fine art.
From Reviews by Wilde, Oscar
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