learned profession

noun

1. any of the three vocations of theology, law, and medicine, commonly held to require highly advanced learning. Compare profession ( def 1 ).

Example Sentences

"He can't be too well educated, whether he enters a learned profession or not," responded Mr. Washington.

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Schoolmasters belong to a devoted and to a comparatively learned profession.

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He lacks the courtesy which would hide it in the presence of the man of trade or the man of a learned profession.

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They have none of the learned profession; merchandise is disgraceful, and the army is the only field.

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I myself would like to see dressmaking regarded not merely as a learned profession, but as a fine art.

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