单词 | profession |
释义 | profession/prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n /noun 1A paid occupation, especially one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification: his chosen profession of teaching a barrister by profession...
Synonyms career, occupation, calling, vocation, line of work, line of employment, line, métier; business, trade, craft, walk of life, sphere; job, day job, position; Scottish way informal racket archaic employ 1.1 [treated as singular or plural] A body of people engaged in a particular profession: the legal profession has become increasingly business-conscious...
2An open but often false claim: his profession of delight rang hollow...
Synonyms declaration, affirmation, statement, announcement, proclamation, assertion, avowal, vow, claim, allegation, protestation; acknowledgement, admission, confession rare asseveration, averment 3A declaration of belief in a religion: [mass noun]: they were baptized on profession of faith...
3.1The declaration or vows made on entering a religious order.Ironically, religious profession and the renuncia could create an opportunity for women to administer property autonomously. 3.2 [mass noun] The ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order: after profession she taught in Maidenhead...
Phrasesthe oldest profession OriginMiddle English (denoting the vow made on entering a religious order): via Old French from Latin professio(n-), from profiteri 'declare publicly' (see profess). sense 1 derives from the notion of an occupation that one ‘professes’ to be skilled in. |
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