profession

An occupation or career.

An occupation, such as law, medicine, or engineering, that requires considerable training and specialized study.

The body of qualified persons in an occupation or field.

An act or instance of professing; a declaration.

An avowal of faith or belief.

A faith or belief.

The act of professing; open declaration; public avowal or acknowledgment of one’s sentiments or belief.

That which is professed; a declaration; a representation or protestation; pretense; specifically, an open and formal avowal of Christian faith and purpose.

The calling or occupation which one professes to understand and to follow; vocation; specifically, a vocation in which a professed knowledge of some department of science or learning is used by its practical application to affairs of others, either in advising, guiding, or teaching them, or in serving their interests or welfare in the practice of an art founded on it.