Толковый словарь английского языка - profession
Profession
profession
noun Etymology: Middle English professioun, from Anglo-French ~, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin ~-, professio, from Latin, public declaration, from profitēri Date: 13th century the act of taking the vows of a religious community, an act of openly declaring or publicly claiming a belief, faith, or opinion ; protestation , an avowed religious faith, 4. a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation, a principal calling, vocation, or employment, the whole body of persons engaged in a calling
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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. Phrases and idioms the oldest profession colloq. or joc. prostitution. Derivatives professionless adj. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L professio -onis (as PROFESS) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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