The Collaborative International Dictionary
Professed \Pro*fessed"\, a. Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed; as, a professed foe; a professed tyrant; a professed Christian.
The professed (R. C. Ch.), a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.
Usage examples of "the professed".
As early as 1820, Frances Wright, a young woman in Scotland having knowledge of the Western republic founded upon the professed principles of liberty and equality, came to America for the express purpose of pleading the cause of equal rights for women.
But there is one motive which is shared by too many businessmen and which is the penalty for renouncing the intellect: an unconfessed fear of ideas under the professed conviction that ideas are futile, which leads to a nervously stubborn evasiveness, an anxious feeling or hope that wealth as such is power, that only material possessions are of practical importance.
Given the professed secretive nature of the nascent colony, he would have expected nothing else.
Given the professed secretive nature of the nascent colony, he would have ex-pected nothing else.
On this occasion, though, the professed unhappiness about my approaching death turned into a form of speculation, and even doubt.
He employed him during part of the year as moulder in making brick, with the professed intention of building new brick cabins for his people.
He employed him during part of theyear as moulder in making brick, with the professed intention ofbuilding new brick cabins for his people.