profession -
n. 1 a vocation or calling, esp. one that involves some branch of advanced learning or science (the medical
profession).
2 a body of
people engaged in a
profession.
3 a declaration or avowal.
4 a declaration of belief in a religion.
5 a the declaration or vows made on entering a religious order. b the ceremony or fact of being
professed in a
religious order.
the oldest profession colloq. or joc. prostitution.
professionless adj. [ME f. OF f. L professio -onis (as PROFESS)]
