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(1):

(v.) 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.

(2):

(v.) The act of professing or claiming; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment; as, professions of friendship; a profession of faith.

(3):

(v.) That which one professed; a declaration; an avowal; a claim; as, his professions are insincere.

(4):

(v.) The collective body of persons engaged in a calling; as, the profession distrust him.

(5):

(v.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Profession'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​p/profession.html. 1828.
 
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