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professed

/pɹəˈfɛst/

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adjective more professed · most professed · profest

Openly declared or acknowledged. His professed religion was Catholicism.
Professing to be qualified. She is a professed expert in mechanics.
Admitted to a religious order. The rule of the Perpetual Adoration is so strict that it horrifies; novices hold back, and the order is not recruited. In 1845 a few lay sisters were still found here and there, but no professed nuns.

verb profest

participle, past simple past and past participle of profess

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Closest in meaning: declared, avowed, professional, stated, acknowledged, alleged, recognized, advocated, recognised, expressed, shown, admitted, affirmed, claimed, asserted, supposed

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@misc{professed_2026,
  title = {professed},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/professed},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}