Definition of Professing

1. Noun. An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion. "A profession of disagreement"

Exact synonyms: Profession
Generic synonyms: Affirmation, Avouchment, Avowal
Derivative terms: Profess, Profess

Definition of Professing

1. Verb. (present participle of profess) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Professing

1. profess [v] - See also: profess

Lexicographical Neighbors of Professing

profeminism
profeminist
profeminists
profer
proferens
proferred
proferring
profers
profert
proferts
profess
professed
professed(a)
professedly
professes
professing (current term)
profession
professional
professional baseball
professional basketball
professional boxing
professional dancer
professional football
professional foul
professional golf
professional golfer
professional life

Literary usage of Professing

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Parliamentary Debates by Great Britain Parliament (1908)
"... where the person alleged to have committed the offence being a person professing the Jewish religion : (1) Has not kept his shop open for the purpose of ..."

2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"... and professing to be a letter of advice given by three bishops to the pope to help to strengthen the power of the papacy, is obviously a skit rather ..."

3. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"Besides the aborigines still professing their primitive faiths, the Census returns a total of 70044 aborigines among the Hindu population. ..."

4. The Works of President Edwards by Jonathan Edwards, Samuel Austin (1808)
"... fault with the calling professing Christians, that differ one from another in some matters of opinion, by distinct names; especially calling them by the ..."

5. The Holy Bible by Canadian Bible Society (1851)
"8 So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows. PSALM I.X1I. PSA LMS. David'« thint .tor God. 1 David professing bis ..."

6. Shirley: A Tale by Charlotte Brontë (1850)
"She rose, asking no questions, and professing no surprise. Shut into the drawing-room, the pair took seats, each in an arm-chair, placed opposite, ..."

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