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learned profession

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Noun1.learned profession - one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles
profession - an occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)
practice of law, law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
practice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"
theology - the learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary); "he studied theology at Oxford"


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I have been credibly informed, and am inclined to believe, that the various boards of directors of railway companies, those gigantic jobbers and bribers, while quarrelling about everything else, agreed together some ten years back to buy up the learned profession of medicine, body and soul.
Tom Brown's Schooldays by Hughes, Thomas View in context
The room was one of a very homely description, and was apparently under the especial patronage of stage-coachmen; for several gentleman, who had all the appearance of belonging to that learned profession, were drinking and smoking in the different boxes.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
These lads are to be sent to Cambridge and educated for the learned professions.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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