Sentence examples for be 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.)
As Professor Hamermesh puts it, "economists treat replication the way teenagers treat chastity – as an ideal to be professed but not to be practiced".
"A love for the classics might be professed," Tosches writes, "but the truth was that no editor could or would publish these books today".
Cosey unloaded many of his forgeries on this group, but be professed that each time he did so he suffered twinges of remorse afterward for having taken advantage of an honest man.
In interviews, he's professed his love for coloring, as in books.
I was at a John McDonnell rally in Newcastle last weekend, and the word "democracy" kept being professed as the crowds cheered.
Sister Mary was professed as a Sister of Mercy in 1958 and taught at various schools in Brooklyn.
Their clothing is regulated both in countries where Islam is a minority religion, and in those where it is professed by the majority.
Roman Catholicism is professed by the overwhelming majority of the population, and the cardinal archbishop of Salvador is also the primate of Brazil.
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.
The moral teaching in Christian communities has varied in the different eras, regions, and confessional traditions in which Christianity has been professed.
