profession

Meaning

Noun

  • 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.

Origin

  • From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession ("declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation"), from Latin professiō ("avowal, public declaration"), from the participle stem of profitērī.

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