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Profession \Pro*fes"sion\, n. [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.
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A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.
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2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a
claim; as, his professions are insincere.
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The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the
contradiction between professions and conduct. --J.
Morse.
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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.
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Hi tried five or six professions in turn.
--Macaulay.
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Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are,
especially, theology, law, and medicine.
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4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as,
the profession distrust him.
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5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of,
a religious order.
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