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Meanings of professing in English

Catalan
professió
Spanish
profesión

An open avowal (true or false) of some belief or opinion.

        professió
        Usage of professing in English
        1
        Nevertheless in 1655 the Mohawks again sent messengers to Quebec professing friendship.
        The Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
        2
        A lifetime of letters, letters professing my love, letters from my heart.
        The Notebook
        3
        It is a relic of mediaeval times, this idea of professing everything.
        Louis Agassiz as a Teacher; illustrative extracts on his method ...
        4
        That you should deem me a liar in professing to love you-
        Bardelys the Magnificent / Being an account of the strange wooin...
        5
        A mathematical work professing to prove that the assumed ether causes gravitation.
        A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I
        6
        Some professing Christians have already deserted him, others have perverted the faith.
        The Books of the New Testament
        7
        There are treatises enough professing to instruct people how to build houses.
        The House That Jill Built, after Jack's Had Proved a Failure
        8
        That is what a great many professing Christians do with their creeds.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture / Second Corinthians, Galatians, a...
        9
        A number of statements were put forth, all professing to be authentic.
        The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. / From the Acc...
        10
        Growing Christians-mayI venture to say?-arenot the majority of professing Christians.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
        11
        No: nor to be heard of; Samoa himself professing utter ignorance.
        Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I
        12
        He used no reserve in professing his attachment to the gospel.
        History Of The Missions Of The American Board Of Commissioners F...
        13
        The swoon of unconsciousness is the condition of some professing Christians.
        Expositions of Holy Scripture: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus and Nu...
        14
        The husband and wife simply deceive the world by professing to live monogamically.
        The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories
        15
        The monks were professing to be searching for the missing brother.
        The Secret Chamber at Chad
        16
        Zobrist began professing his love to someone he called his inspiration.
        Inferno
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        Translations for professing
        Catalan
        professió
        Spanish
        profesión
        Professing through the time
        Professing across language varieties
        United Kingdom
        Common
        United States of America
        Less common