![profession |prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n|
noun
1 a paid occupation, esp. one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification : his chosen profession of teaching | a lawyer by profession.
• [treated as sing. or pl. ] a body of people engaged in a particular profession : the profession is divided on the issue.
2 an open but often false declaration or claim : a profession of allegiance.
• a declaration of belief in a religion.
• the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order.
• the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order.
PHRASES
the oldest profession humorous the practice of working as a prostitute.
ORIGIN Middle 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.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxsadqj8AR1qacfdho1_500.jpg)
profession |prəˈfɛʃ(ə)n|
noun
1 a paid occupation, esp. one that involves prolonged training and a formal qualification : his chosen profession of teaching | a lawyer by profession.
• [treated as sing. or pl. ] a body of people engaged in a particular profession : the profession is divided on the issue.
2 an open but often false declaration or claim : a profession of allegiance.
• a declaration of belief in a religion.
• the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order.
• the ceremony or fact of being professed in a religious order.
PHRASES
the oldest profession humorous the practice of working as a prostitute.
ORIGIN Middle 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.
