profession+of+faith

  • 11profession — I (declaration) noun affirmation, announcement, assertion, assurance, attestation, averment, avowal, claim, confession, declaration of faith, disclosure, enunciation, notification, oath, pledge, presentation, professio, pronouncement,… …

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  • 12profession — [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

  • 13faith — [n1] trust in something acceptance, allegiance, assent, assurance, belief, certainty, certitude, confidence, constancy, conviction, credence, credit, credulity, dependence, faithfulness, fealty, fidelity, hope, loyalty, reliance, stock, store,… …

    New thesaurus

  • 14profession — professionless, n. /preuh fesh euhn/, n. 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science: the profession of teaching. Cf. learned profession. 2. any vocation or business. 3. the body of persons engaged in an occupation …

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  • 15profession — /prəˈfɛʃən / (say pruh feshuhn) noun 1. a vocation requiring knowledge of some department of learning or science, especially one of the three vocations of theology, law, and medicine (formerly known specifically as the professions or the learned… …

  • 16profession — noun Etymology: Middle English professioun, from Anglo French profession, from Late Latin & Latin; Late Latin profession , professio, from Latin, public declaration, from profitēri Date: 13th century 1. the act of taking the vows of a religious… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 17faith — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trust, reliance, confidence, expectation; belief, creed; loyalty; religion.Ant., doubt. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Complete trust] Syn. confidence, trust, credence, belief, credit, assurance, acceptance,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 18profession — pro•fes•sion [[t]prəˈfɛʃ ən[/t]] n. 1) a vocation requiring extensive education in science or the liberal arts and often specialized training 2) any vocation or business 3) the body of persons engaged in an occupation: the medical profession[/ex] …

    From formal English to slang

  • 19profession — noun /pɹəˈfɛʃən/ a) A promise or vow made on entering a religious order. She died only a few years after her profession. b) A declaration of belief, faith or of ones opinion. Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three… …

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  • 20profession — Synonyms and related words: acceptance, acknowledgment, admission, affidavit, affirmance, affirmation, allegation, allowance, announcement, annunciation, appreciation, art, assertion, asseveration, attest, attestation, averment, avouchment,… …

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