unprofessedadj.
/(ˌ)ʌnprəˈfɛst/, U.S. /ˌənprəˈfɛst/ 1. That has not (yet) taken the vows of a religious order.
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society > faith > worship > vow > [adjective] > bound by a vow > not
unprofessed?1430
society > faith > worship > sacrament > order > monastic profession > [adjective] > that has made profession > not
unprofessed?1430
?1430 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 13 Þe povre hous of Bromholm.., in wheche arn diuers vertuous yongge men, monkes clad and vn-professyd.
a1450 Form Excommun. (Claud.) in E. Peacock Myrc's Instr. Parish Priests (1902) 61 Alle þat leyne hand on preste or clerke..off religione professed or vnprofessud.
1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke iv. ix. f.xcviv They myghte bee consecrated at no tyme but on the Epiphanie or twelfe daye, Easter euen and on the feastes of the Apostelles onelesse it were when any vnprofessed were in poynte to dye.
1628 W. Prynne Briefe Suruay Mr. Cozens 40 These Deuotions are framed, onely for the vse of the Monasticall, and Cloistered Male, and Female Orders..Or for the behoofe, the furtherance, and encouragement of..vnprofessed Roman Proselites, and Conuerts.
1808 W. Scott Marmion ii. v. 82 Sister Clare,..As yet a novice unprofessed.
1919 Eccles. Rev. 61 141 He enjoys the same liberty as the unprofessed novice.
2011 J. G. Clark Benedictines in Middle Ages ii. 71 The opportunity of a cenobitic life for the unprofessed (and uneducated) layman.
2. Unacknowledged, undeclared.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keeping from publication > [adjective]
unawnedc1175
unconfesseda1500
unpresented1523
undeclared1526
unrevealed1529
unproclaimed1570
undisclosed1571
unbetrayed1595
mystical1600
unbewrayed1605
undivulged1608
unpublished1608
irrevealed1610
tonguelessa1616
undiscovereda1616
unaffirmeda1631
unprofessed1647
unphrased1663
in poigne1710
napkined1756
unavowed1790
unsignified1809
unsunned1814
expressionless1819
inexpressed1821
unindicated1825
unblazoned1830
inostensible1843
unjournalized1843
unaverred1850
unexhibited1862
unadvertised1864
hermetic1954
the mind > language > statement > repudiation or refusal to acknowledge > [adjective] > not acknowledging > not acknowledged
unknowledgedc1475
unacknowledged1583
silenced1609
unprofessed1647
unowned1653
unentered1691
1647 R. Hollingworth Rejoynder to S. Eaton xxv. 31 I am not so senslesse as to think that the Church was bound to take notice of the internall, invisible, and unprofessed grace of faith in a mans heart.
1758 Doubts occasioned by 2nd Volume of Estimate of Manners & Princ. of Times xviii. 75 A Spirit of Benevolence, conspicuous tho' unprofessed, should inforce the Advice, and soften the Rebuke.
1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion vii. 324 Whose mind could..beguile A solitude, unchosen, unprofessed . View more context for this quotation
1907 C. C. Cotterill Human Justice xiii. 132 It contains also a far larger number of professed or unprofessed Socialists.
2012 USA Today (Nexis) 27 Apr. 1 c An accidental, unmediated expression of biases that might otherwise go unprofessed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2014; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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