The idea of a "profession" did not exist in ancient times. Although there were people who did what is currently denoted as professional work, these "professionals" often labored in dependent positions. For example,...

Engineering is generally considered a profession, but science, or at least some of the sciences, are sometimes counted as professions and sometimes distinguished from them. Often, a dispute about the professional status of a science begins when someone...

The term profession originally denoted a limited number of vocations which were the only occupations in pre-industrial Europe that enabled people with no unearned income to make a living without engaging in commerce or manual work. Law, medicine and...

An occupation requiring a considerable period of education and training. The original professions were in medicine, the law, the church, the army and the universities. In the nineteenth century many occupations acquired the status of a profession by...

A term for a high status occupation—there are no agreed definitions although many...

A profession is an occupation, vocation or career where specialized knowledge of a subject, field, or science is applied.[1] It is usually applied to occupations that involve prolonged academic training and a formal qualification. It is axiomatic that...