Profession

Noun

 * 1) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
 * She died only a few years after her profession.
 * 1) * 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
 * Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.
 * 1) A declaration of belief, faith or of one's opinion.
 * Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
 * 1) An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
 * My father was a barrister by profession.
 * 1) The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
 * His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.

Derived terms

 * professional
 * liberal profession

Thesaurus
acceptance, acknowledgment, admission, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation, appreciation, art, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment, avowal, business, calling, career, career building, careerism, claim, compurgation, concession, conclusion, confession, confession of faith, craft, creed, declaration, declaration of faith, deposition, dictum, disclosure, employment, enunciation, field, game, handicraft, instrument in proof, ipse dixit, job, legal evidence, lifework, line, line of business, line of work, manifesto, metier, mission, mystery, number, occupation, position, position paper, positive declaration, post, practice, predicate, predication, proclamation, pronouncement, proposition, protest, protestation, pursuit, racket, recognition, say, say-so, saying, situation, specialization, specialty, sphere, stance, stand, statement, sworn evidence, sworn statement, sworn testimony, testimonial, testimonium, testimony, trade, utterance, vocation, vouch, walk, walk of life, witness, word, work

Etymology
From professioun:,  profession:, from  professio:, from the participle stem of profiteri:.

Translations

 * Finnish:
 * French:


 * Greek: ομολογία, διακύρηξη
 * Telugu: ప్రమాణము


 * Finnish: uskontunnustus (of faith),, (of opinion)
 * French:


 * Greek: ομολογία
 * Telugu: విశ్వాసం


 * Arabic: مهنة, وظيفة
 * Armenian:
 * Catalan: professió, ofici
 * Chechen: корматалла
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 職業, 职业, 行業, 行业
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: profesio
 * Estonian:, elukutse
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: Beruf (de)
 * Greek: επάγγελμα
 * Hindi: पेशा
 * Hungarian:, ,
 * Icelandic:
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 職業
 * Korean: 직업 (職業)
 * Kurdish:, , , , ,
 * Latvian: amats, profesija
 * Persian: پیشه
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene: poklic
 * Spanish: profesión
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: వృత్తి
 * Thai: อาชีพ
 * Urdu: پیشہ
 * Vietnamese: nghề, nghề nghiệp
 * Volapük: cal


 * Finnish: ,
 * French:


 * Greek: ομότεχνοι, επάγγελμα
 * Telugu: వృత్తి

Noun

 * 1) profession, public declaration
 * Toute profession d'incrédulité (...) sera poursuivie comme outrage à la religion et scandale pour les mœurs. (Proudhon, Révol. soc., 1852)
 * 1) profession, public declaration of faith
 * D'une voix altérée, il prononça la profession de foi musulmane, comme pour se prémunir contre une tentation qu'il redoutait sans pouvoir la préciser. (Du Camp, Nil, 1854)
 * 1) profession, occupation, trade, craft, activity
 * une profession lucrative.
 * 1) profession, practitioners of a profession collectively
 * Ces décisions s'imposent à toute la profession, elles ne sont exécutoires qu'après approbation par le ministre.

Etymology
From professio:

Derived terms

 * professionnalisation
 * professionnaliser
 * professionnalisme
 * professionnellement
 * professionnel, professionnelle

Related terms

 * professer
 * professeur