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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
profession/prəˈfeʃn/
▶noun
  • 1 a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification.

    ■ [treated as sing. or pl.] a body of people engaged in a profession.

  • 2 an open but typically false claim: a profession of allegiance.
  • 3 a declaration of belief in a religion.

    ■ the vows made on entering a religious order.

    ■ the fact of being professed in a religious order.
– phrases
the oldest profession humorous prostitution.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. professio(n-), from profiteri (see profess).



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