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Webster 1913 Edition
Professed
Pro-fessed′
,Adj.
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
.