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Profession - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Profession : (noun)
1: the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread
rapidly through the medical community" [syn: community]
2: an occupation requiring special education (especially in the
liberal arts or sciences)
3: an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a
profession of disagreement" [syn: professing]
4: affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a
profession of Christianity"
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
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.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of,
a religious order.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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PROFESSION. This word has several significations. 1. It is a public
declaration respecting something. Code, 10, 41, 6.
2. It i's a state, art, or mystery; as the legal profession. Dig. 1,
18, 6, 4; Domat, Dr. Pub. 1. 1, t. 9, s. 1, n. 7. 3. In the ecclesiastical
law, it is the act of entering into a religious order. See 17 Vin. Ab. 545.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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