PROFESSION
profession
(noun) an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
profession
(noun) affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; “a profession of Christianity”
profession, professing
(noun) an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; “a profession of disagreement”
profession
(noun) the body of people in a learned occupation; “the news spread rapidly through the medical profession”; “they formed a community of scientists”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
profession (plural professions)
A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or pretended.
An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*fes"sion, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. professio. See Profess, v.]
1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. A solemn vow, promise, and profession. Bk. of Com. Prayer.
2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere. The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. J. Morse.
3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry. Hi tried five or six professions in turn. Macaulay.
Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are, especially, theology, law, and medicine.
4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.
5. (Eccl. Law.)
Definition: The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
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DATELESS
(adjective) of such great duration as to preclude the possibility of being assigned a date; “dateless customs”
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