learned_profession (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the expression *learned profession*:
NOUN	act	learned profession	one of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles

English > *learned profession*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	One of the three professions traditionally believed to require advanced learning and high principles.
Narrower	law, practice of law	The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system
	medicine, practice of medicine	The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries
	theology	The learned profession acquired by specialized courses in religion (usually taught at a college or seminary)
Broader	profession	An occupation requiring special education (especially in the liberal arts or sciences)

HyperDic: learned_profession