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Profession

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Noun

1. profession

the body of people in a learned occupation

Example Sentences:
'the news spread rapidly through the medical profession'
'they formed a community of scientists'

2. profession

an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

3. professing, profession

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

Example Sentences:
'a profession of disagreement'

4. profession

affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

Example Sentences:
'a profession of Christianity'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Profession

see synonyms of profession
noun
1. 
an occupation requiring special training in the liberal arts or sciences, esp one of the three learned professions, law, theology, or medicine
2. 
the body of people in such an occupation
3. 
the act of professing; avowal; declaration
4. 
a. 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
b. 
the faith or the religion that is the subject of such a declaration

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Profession

see synonyms of profession
noun
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. 
a. 
a vocation or occupation requiring advanced education and training, and involving intellectual skills, as medicine, law, theology, engineering, teaching, etc.
b. 
the body of persons in any such calling or occupation
c.  Loosely
any occupation
4. 
the act or ceremony of taking vows on formally entering a religious order

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Profession

see synonyms of profession
n.
1.
a. An occupation or career: "One of the highest compliments a child can pay a parent is to choose his or her profession" (Joan Nathan).
b. An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.
c. The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field: members of the teaching profession.
2. An act or instance of professing; a declaration.
3. An avowal of faith or belief.
4. A faith or belief: believers of various professions.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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