'Profession' definitions:

Definition of 'profession'

(from WordNet)
noun
The body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical profession"; "they formed a community of scientists"
noun
An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
noun
An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement" [syn: profession, professing]
noun
Affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"

Definition of 'Profession'

From: GCIDE
  • Profession \Pro*fes"sion\, n. [F., fr. L. professio. See Profess, v.]
  • 1. The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith. [1913 Webster]
  • A solemn vow, promise, and profession. --Bk. of Com. Prayer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere. [1913 Webster]
  • The Indians quickly perceive the coincidence or the contradiction between professions and conduct. --J. Morse. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. That of which one professed knowledge; the occupation, if not mechanical, agricultural, or the like, to which one devotes one's self; the business which one professes to understand, and to follow for subsistence; calling; vocation; employment; as, the profession of arms; the profession of a clergyman, lawyer, or physician; the profession of lecturer on chemistry. [1913 Webster]
  • Hi tried five or six professions in turn. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: The three professions, or learned professions, are, especially, theology, law, and medicine. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Eccl. Law.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order. [1913 Webster]