profess

Definition

To administer the vows of a religious order to (someone); to admit to a religious order.

Etymology

From Old French professer, and its source, the participle stem of Latin profitērī, from pro- + fatērī (“to confess, acknowledge”).

Example Sentences

• "This swayed the balance decisively in Mary's favour, and she was professed on 8 September 1578."
• "Kiefer professes himself amused by the fuss that ensued when he announced that he was buying the Mülheim-Kärlich reactor[…]."
• "He professes to haue receiued no sinister measure from his Iudge, but most willingly humbles himselfe to the determination of Iustice[…]."

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