What is another word for professing?

Pronunciation: [pɹəfˈɛsɪŋ] (IPA)

Professing is often replaced by other similar words that convey the same meaning. One synonym for professing could be declaring. This term indicates a clear and explicit statement of one's beliefs or opinions. Another synonym for professing could be profess. This word implies an avowal or affirmation of one's beliefs or position on a subject matter. Similarly, another synonym for professing could be proclaiming, which is a forceful declaration of one's beliefs, especially in a public or formal setting. Other similar terms could include announcing, stating, asserting, and affirming, all of which suggest an open and honest declaration of one's beliefs or convictions.

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Usage examples for Professing

It shows also, in the hesitating and abortive half-submission of the tyrant, the greater folly of many professing Christians, who will, for Christ's sake, surrender all their sins except one or two, and make any confession except that which really brings low their pride.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Of course, I could not believe at my option, but only as light and evidence was presented to my own mind, and I was too conscientious to act the hypocrite, by professing to believe what I could not believe.
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard
Again, Mr. Packard sent a great many forged letters to the Superintendent of the Asylum, while I was there, professing to come from a different source, wherein the writer urged, very strongly, the necessity of keeping me in an asylum, and begging him, most pathetically, to keep me there, not only for Mr. Packard's sake, but also for his children's sake, and community's sake, and, lastly, for the cause of Christ's sake!
"Marital Power Exemplified in Mrs. Packard's Trial, and Self-Defence from the Charge of Insanity"
Elizabeth Parsons Ware Packard

Famous quotes with Professing

  • Jesus isn't a logo, I'm not promoting some company, some brand. I'm just professing my faith.
    Stephen Baldwin
  • Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
    Taylor Caldwell
  • How small regard is had to the oath of God by men professing the name of God.
    George Gillespie
  • Live truth instead of professing it.
    Elbert Hubbard
  • It is necessary to the happiness of man that he be mentally faithful to himself. Infidelity does not consist in believing, or in disbelieving, it consists in professing to believe what he does not believe.
    Thomas Paine

Related words: professing one's faith, faith thread, professing christ, christian faith, christian beliefs, christianity

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