Profession

A profession is a specialized work function within society, generally performed by a professional. For the monastic sense, see Profession (religious).

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In a more restrictive sense, profession often refers specifically to fields that require extensive study and mastery of specialized knowledge, such as law, medicine, finance, the military, nursing, the clergy or engineering. In this sense, profession is contrasted with occupation, which refers generally to the nature of a person's employment. Indeed, the word comes from profess, such as a professor would lecture on his or her area of experise. (Classically, there were three only professions in that sense - the church, medicine and law.)

Society: :For the song by the California punk band Pennywise, see Society (song)....

Professional: A professional works to receive payment for an activity (as a profession), which usually requires expertise and carries with it socially significant mores and folkways. That is to say, behaving professionally would indicate that the person's actions remain in accordance with specific rules, written ...

Monastic: REDIRECT Monasticism...

Profession related Images and Photos (experimental)

Mrs. Warren's Profession (Shaw Collection, The) (DVD)

Ann Carver's Profession Gene Raymond Fay Wray on Midget Window Card 1933