Sentence examples for to profess from inspiring English sources
verb
To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order. (Chiefly in passive.)
"They go there to profess the faith".
(Older filmgoers used to profess that Carey Sr was the model for Wayne's screen persona).
In Paris, meanwhile, a number of thinkers began to profess atheism openly.
No group is too obscure to profess support for the president's re-election.
"EVERY person has the right to profess and practise his religion".
I simply want to profess that the story leaves something to be desired.
Who dared to profess knowledge of the kama sutra in the Commons?
Individually, they stood to declare their loyalty to the throne or to profess their monarchical agnosticism.
Past Prime Ministers and Attorney-Generals queue to profess their ignorance.
"And I don't feel the need to profess it," Steven said about his homosexuality.
The reason was it gives me a bigger platform to profess my faith in Christ.
