professed

Avowed; declared; pledged by profession; professional: as, a professed woman-hater; a professed nun; a professed cook.

one who by promise freely made and accepted has, after a year of probation, been received in and bound to a religious order.

Openly declared, avowed, acknowledged, or claimed

, a certain class among the Jesuits bound by a special vow. See the note under Jesuit.

Professing to be qualified.

Simple past tense and past participle of profess.

professing to be qualified

claimed with intent to deceive

openly declared as such