Sentence examples for are professed from inspiring English sources
verb
To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
Politicians of various religious hues, too: Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband, the leaders of the Liberal Democrats and Labour, are professed atheists.Is it any of their business?
The fact that both Mr. Putin and Mr. Medvedev are professed believers strengthens the normative power of the church and weakens the impulse to rehabilitate the Soviet past.
Ministers urged their congregations to "take, kill, burn, sink, destroy all sin and Corruption, &C which are professed enemies to Christ Jesus, and not to pity or spare any of them".
They are professed as being generally safe and may have efficacy as chemopreventive agents by preventing or reversing premalignant lesions and/or reducing second primary tumor incidence.
As of September 2013, 11 of the council seats are held by the Social Democratic Party, nine by Venstre, three by the Socialist People's Party, two by the Danish People's Party, and two by the Conservative People's Party, while three members are professed independents.
But even some of the cast members who are professed members of the black church seemed a little nervous about where the narrative is going.
Yet in fact, the companies are professing dismay.
Still, leaders in both political parties are professing optimism.
"Valuations are continuing to increase while VCs are professing reduced confidence in the future," Kramer observes.
These are the same workers and communities that Pruitt and Trump are professing to help.
I want to see what appears on their Web site, what they are professing.
