- profession, community - the body of people in a learned occupation; "the news spread rapidly through the medical community"
--1 is a kind of occupational group, vocation
--1 has particulars:legal profession, bar, legal community; health profession; businessmen, business community; community of scholars; economics profession; priesthood - profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
--2 is a kind of occupation, business, job, line of work, line
--2 has particulars:learned profession; literature; architecture; education; journalism; politics; technology, engineering - profession, professing - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"
--3 is a kind of avowal, avouchment, affirmation
Derived form: verb profess3 - profession - affirmation of acceptance of some religion or faith; "a profession of Christianity"
--4 is a kind of affirmation
Derived form: verb profess6 - profession, professing - an open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion; "a profession of disagreement"