practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

admit (to a wrongdoing)

state freely

receive into a religious order or congregation

take vows, as in religious order

state insincerely

professing to be qualified

claimed with intent to deceive

openly declared as such

with pretense or intention to deceive

by open declaration

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

the body of people in a learned occupation

an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion

affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith

a person engaged in one of the learned professions

an athlete who plays for pay

an authority qualified to teach apprentices

engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood

of or relating to or suitable as a profession

characteristic of or befitting a profession or one engaged in a profession

of or relating to a profession

engaged in by members of a profession

an association of practitioners of a given profession

playing baseball for money

playing basketball for money

boxing for money

a performer who dances professionally

football played for pay

playing golf for money

someone who earns a living by playing or teaching golf

a career in industrial or commercial or professional activities

an organization of and for professional people

an organization of and for professional people

a person engaged in one of the learned professions

the relation that exists when one person requests and is granted professional help from a qualified source

playing tennis for money

someone who earns a living playing or teaching tennis

wrestling for money

the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

make professional or give a professional character to

the expertness characteristic of a professional person

the social process whereby people come to engage in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

become professional or proceed in a professional manner or in an activity for pay or as a means of livelihood

make professional or give a professional character to

in a professional manner

someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university