different between profession vs protestation

profession

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman professioun, Old French profession (declaration of faith, religious vows, occupation), from Latin professi? (avowal, public declaration), from the participle stem of profit?r? (to profess).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p???f???n/

Noun

profession (plural professions)

  1. A declaration of belief, faith or one's opinion, whether genuine or pretended.
    Despite his continued professions of innocence, the court eventually sentenced him to five years.
  2. An occupation, trade, craft, or activity in which one has a professed expertise in a particular area; a job, especially one requiring a high level of skill or training.
    My father was a barrister by profession.
  3. The practitioners of such an occupation collectively.
    His conduct is against the established practices of the legal profession.
  4. A promise or vow made on entering a religious order.
    She died only a few years after her profession.
    • 1796, Matthew Lewis, The Monk, Folio Society 1985, p. 27:
      Rosario was a young novice belonging to the monastery, who in three months intended to make his profession.

Derived terms

Translations


French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin professi?, professi?nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??.f?.sj??/

Noun

profession f (plural professions)

  1. profession, public declaration
    Toute profession d'incrédulité (...) sera poursuivie comme outrage à la religion et scandale pour les mœurs. (Proudhon, Révol. soc., 1852)
    1. profession, public declaration of faith
      D'une voix altérée, il prononça la profession de foi musulmane, comme pour se prémunir contre une tentation qu'il redoutait sans pouvoir la préciser. (Du Camp, Nil, 1854)
  2. profession, occupation, trade, craft, activity
    une profession lucrative.
  3. profession, practitioners of a profession collectively
    Ces décisions s'imposent à toute la profession, elles ne sont exécutoires qu'après approbation par le ministre.

Derived terms

  • profession de foi
  • professionnalisation
  • professionnaliser
  • professionnalisme
  • professionnellement
  • professionnel, professionnelle

Related terms

  • professer
  • professeur

References

  • “profession” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Alternative forms

  • professioun (Anglo-Norman)
  • professiun (Anglo-Norman)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin profession.

Noun

profession f (oblique plural professions, nominative singular profession, nominative plural professions)

  1. profession; declaration (usually of faith)

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (profession, supplement)

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protestation

English

Etymology

From Old French protestacion, from Latin pr?test?ti?.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p??t?s?te???n/, /?p???t?s?te???n/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

protestation (countable and uncountable, plural protestations)

  1. a formal solemn objection or other declaration
    • October 28, 1552, Hugh Latimer, Sermon on the Gospel for St Simon and St Jude's Day
      The protestation of our faith.
  2. (law, historical) A declaration in common-law pleading, by which the party interposes an oblique allegation or denial of some fact, protesting that it does or does not exist, and at the same time avoiding a direct affirmation or denial.

Related terms

  • protest

Anagrams

  • potentiators

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin pr?test?ti?, pr?test?ti?nem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /p??.t?s.ta.sj??/

Noun

protestation f (plural protestations)

  1. admission, exclamation, statement
  2. protest, objection

References

  • “protestation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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