Definition of profess

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Profess (v. t.) To set up a claim to; to make presence to; hence, to put on or present an appearance of..

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Religionary :: Religionary (a.) Relating to religion; pious; as, religionary professions..
Professedly :: Professedly (adv.) By profession.
Extraprofessional :: Extraprofessional (a.) Foreign to a profession; not within the ordinary limits of professional duty or business.
Moonshee :: Moonshee (n.) A Mohammedan professor or teacher of language.
Journalist :: "Journalist (n.) The conductor of a public journal, or one whose business it to write for a public journal; an editorial or other professional writer for a periodical..
Profession :: Profession (v.) The act of entering, or becoming a member of, a religious order..
Do-little :: Do-little (n.) One who performs little though professing much.
Following :: Following (n.) Vocation; business; profession.
Lawyer :: Lawyer (n.) One versed in the laws, or a practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or to advise as to prosecution or defence of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and obligations in other matters. It is a general term, comprehending attorneys, counselors, solicitors, barristers, sergeants, and advocates..
Cornet :: Cornet (n.) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions.
Gownman :: Gownman (n.) One whose professional habit is a gown, as a divine or lawyer, and particularly a member of an English university; hence, a civilian, in distinction from a soldier..
State :: State (n.) Any body of men united by profession, or constituting a community of a particular character; as, the civil and ecclesiastical states, or the lords spiritual and temporal and the commons, in Great Britain. Cf. Estate, n., 6..
Brotherhood :: Brotherhood (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood..
Enthusiasm :: Enthusiasm (n.) Enkindled and kindling fervor of soul; strong excitement of feeling on behalf of a cause or a subject; ardent and imaginative zeal or interest; as, he engaged in his profession with enthusiasm..
Professorial :: Professorial (a.) Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair; professional interest..
Allopathist :: Allopathist (n.) One who practices allopathy; one who professes allopathy.
Pretend :: Pretend (v. i.) To hold out the appearance of being, possessing, or performing; to profess; to make believe; to feign; to sham; as, to pretend to be asleep..
Backslide :: Backslide (v. i.) To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
Canonicals :: Canonicals (n. pl.) The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress..
Horoscope :: Horoscope (n.) The representation made of the aspect of the heavens at the moment of a person's birth, by which the astrologer professed to foretell the events of the person's life; especially, the sign of the zodiac rising above the horizon at such a moment..
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