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A statement or declaration, especially a declaration of religious faith or belief. A vocation or employment in preparation for which specialized education and training is required as in law, medicine, or engineering. Cummings v Pennsylvania Fire Ins. Co. 153 Iowa 579, 134 NW 79. A vocation characterized by the use of specialized knowledge or attainments. Ocean Acci. & Guarantee Corp. v Herzberg's, Inc. (CA8 Neb) 100 F2d 171. A vocation wherein one puts his specialized knowledge to use for the benefit of others, not confining its use to study, to the enhancement of knowledge, or to the accomplishment of an abstract purpose. Edwards v Bates County, 163 US 258, 266, 41 L Ed 151, 155, 16 S Ct 998. For the purposes of an exemption statute, the employment in which the debtor habitually earns his living. 22 Am J1st Exemp § 35.
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profession — [ prɔfesjɔ̃ ] n. f. • 1155; lat. professio I ♦ 1 ♦ (Dans la loc. faire profession de ) Déclaration ouverte, publique (d une croyance, d une opinion, d un comportement). Faire profession d une religion. Faire profession de libéralisme. Faire… … Encyclopédie Universelle
profession — Profession. s. f. v. Aveu public. Je fais profession d estre vostre serviteur, j en fais une profession publique. une profession solemnelle. On dit, Faire une profession de foy, pour dire, Faire une declaration publique de sa foy, & des… … Dictionnaire de l'Académie française
profession — pro‧fes‧sion [prəˈfeʆn] noun [countable] JOBS 1. a job that needs advanced education and special training: • realtors, a profession with an established record of service to the public • People assume that money management is a well paid… … Financial and business terms
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
profession — Profession, Professio. Faire profession de quelque chose et s en mesler publiquement, Aliquid profiteri. Profession de bien parler, Bene dicendi professio. La profession et art dont se mesle l orateur, Vis et facultas oratoris. Profession de… … Thresor de la langue françoyse
Profession — Sf Beruf erw. fach. (16. Jh.) Entlehnung. Entlehnt aus frz. profession, dieses aus l. professio öffentliche Angabe , zu l. profitērī öffentlich angeben zu l. fatērī bekennen und l. prō. Adjektiv: professionell. Professional Berufssportler… … Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen sprache
profession — ► NOUN 1) a paid occupation, especially one involving training and a formal qualification. 2) (treated as sing. or pl. ) a body of people engaged in a profession. 3) an open but typically false claim. 4) a declaration of belief in a religion. ●… … English terms dictionary
profession — I (declaration) noun affirmation, announcement, assertion, assurance, attestation, averment, avowal, claim, confession, declaration of faith, disclosure, enunciation, notification, oath, pledge, presentation, professio, pronouncement,… … Law dictionary
profession — (n.) c.1200, vows taken upon entering a religious order, from O.Fr. profession, from L. professionem (nom. professio) public declaration, from professus (see PROFESS (Cf. profess)). Meaning occupation one professes to be skilled in is from early… … Etymology dictionary
profession — [prō fesh′ən, prəfesh′ən] n. [OFr < L professio] 1. a professing, or declaring; avowal, whether true or pretended [a profession of sympathy] 2. a) the avowal of belief in a religion b) a faith or religion professed 3 … English World dictionary
Profession — Profession,die:⇨Beruf(1) Profession→Beruf … Das Wörterbuch der Synonyme
