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▪ I. professing, vbl. n.|prəʊˈfɛsɪŋ|
[f. profess v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. profess. a. = profession 1. b. Avowing, acknowledging.
a.1502Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York (1830) 47 The professing of a nonne of Elstowe. 1669Woodhead Monast. Discalced Nuns 8 For the professing them, a very great diligence is requisite.
b.1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 449 For the true professing of the Gospell they be expulsed. a1683Owen Posth. Serm. Wks. 1851 IX. 178 This is a professing that brings conviction.
▪ II. proˈfessing, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That professes; that professes to be such.
1675Owen Serm. Wks. 1851 IX. 311 Believers shall be saved and a professing church shall be preserved. 1822J. MacDonald Mem. J. Benson 136 He censures himself for things which too many in the professing world would look upon as so many innocent infirmities. 1842Manning Serm., Myst. Sin (1848) I. 16 What a prodigy in God's world is a professing atheist! 1906D. S. Cairns Chr. Mod. World iv. 212 The Church is the visible community of professing Christians founded by our Lord for the propaganda of the Kingdom. |