profession
A declaration of faith.
Other meanings
A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
The declaration of belief in the principles of a religion; hence, one's faith or religion.
Related words
- nonprofession
- professionist
- professionize
- liberal profession
- learned profession
- professional
- oldest profession in the world
- professionless
- oldest profession
- world's oldest profession
- helping profession
- pseudoprofession
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "professiō" (avowal, public declaration).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “profession” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.