profession
A declaration of faith.
Noun 2 meanings
A declaration of faith.
“She died only a few years after her profession.”
A professional occupation.
“My father was a barrister by profession.”
Etymology
From Middle English professioun, from Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (“declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation”), from Latin professiō (“avowal, public declaration”), from the participle stem of profitērī (“to profess”). By surface analysis, profess + -ion.
PROFESSION at a glance
PROFESSION has 10 letters and scores 15 points in Scrabble (P 3 + R 1 + O 1 + F 4 + E 1 + S 1 + S 1 + I 1 + O 1 + N 1) and 17 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,729 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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