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    pro·fes·sion
    [prəˈfeSHən]
    noun
    profession (noun) · professions (plural noun)
    1. a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification:
      "his chosen profession of teaching" · "a lawyer by profession"
      • a body of people engaged in a particular profession:
        "the profession is divided on the issue"
    2. an act of declaring that one has a particular feeling or quality, especially when this is not the case:
      "his profession of delight rang hollow" · "a profession of allegiance"
    3. a declaration of belief in a religion:
      "a profession of faith in Jesus Christ" · "they were baptized on profession of faith"
      • the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order.
      • the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order:
        "after profession she taught in Maidenhead"
    Origin
    Middle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n-), from profiteri ‘declare publicly’ (see profess). profession derives from the notion of an occupation that one ‘professes’ to be skilled in.
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    noun
    1. a paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification:
      career
      occupation
      calling
      vocation
      line
      métier
      business
      trade
      craft
      walk of life
      sphere
      job
      day job
      position
      way
      racket
      employ
      line of work
      line of employment
      • an act of declaring that one has a particular feeling or quality, especially when this is not the case:
        declaration
        affirmation
        statement
        announcement
        proclamation
        assertion
        avowal
        vow
        claim
        allegation
        protestation
        acknowledgment
        admission
        confession
        asseveration
        averment
      • a declaration of belief in a religion:
        statement
        affidavit
        attestation
        affirmation
        assertion
        allegation
        submission
        declaration
        pronouncement
        testimony
        evidence
        asseveration
        averment
        representation
        sworn statement
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