professed
ഏറ്റുപറയുകയും
definition
verb
he had professed his love for her
claim openly but often falsely that one has (a quality or feeling).
a people professing Christianity
affirm one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion or set of beliefs).
adjective
for all her professed populism, she was seen as remote from ordinary people
(of a quality, feeling, or belief) claimed or asserted openly but often falsely.
a professed and conforming Anglican
(of a person) self-acknowledged or openly declared to be.
example
He was, for a time, the ‘boy lover’ of the notorious Victoria Woodhull, herself a 'professed' rebel.
Fortunately, there seems to be little evidence that Prendergast's team of translators shares his 'professed' desire to rough Proust up a bit.
Bottoms's own 'professed' interest in Jung also invites that particular psychological approach.
They could call me to account when my actions didn't match my 'professed' beliefs.
The way this has been announced contrasts sharply with their 'professed' belief in partnership.
I'm a devout monarchist, a 'professed' atheist, and I'm working on my fourth novel.
The Malaysian-born Sebastian is a Pentecostal Christian teacher from Adelaide, and 'professed' virgin.
How many 'professed' atheists are there in Congress?
As demonstrated earlier, 'professed' nuns were able to use their renuncias to assign property to relatives and causes of their own choosing, thereby further partitioning a family's property.
His 'professed' love for things other than club-friendly material might be an indication of where Page's head is at, why it's not yet lost in the clouds of high-paying gigs and international renown.
A 'professed' lesbian and the only daughter to have left home, she is now a successful university professor who has no intentions of leaving her life in Minneapolis.
Male monasteries did not require dowries of their 'professed' members and represented less of a threat to the family patrimony.
Diplomacy is often compared to poker, even when conducted between 'professed' friends.
Sr Piggott, who celebrated her 50th anniversary as a 'professed' sister last October, said she was overjoyed to learn that Nano had topped the poll.
Could we not argue instead that his 'professed' beliefs merely reflect the needs of the hour?
Sometimes inheritance disputes began with 'professed' nuns claiming a portion of a brother's estate.
In spite of their 'professed' desire to modernize, many Qing officials believed that the basic principles of Chinese statecraft were based on Confucian prescriptions.
In 1515 an attempt by several individuals to circumvent the inheritance of the daughters of Francisco de Cueto and Juana de Ochoa, 'professed' nuns at Santa Catalina, was uncovered.
By which they both meant that any 'professed' happiness must swiftly pass, strained through gritted teeth.
This article examines the contentious and frequently litigious relationship between convents and the families of 'professed' nuns in early-modern Spain.
That sort of unintended leverage greatly sweetened the deal on behalf of the 'professed' owners, a lot more than the intruders cared to admit to each other.
It was not only dowries, alimentos, and other financial sums required by the convent that allowed 'professed' daughters to remain connected to their families' property.
As discussed below, there are relatively few votes at issue here; it is fair to infer that, notwithstanding their 'professed' confidence, the Democrats are expecting a very tight Senate race.
After seeing him close his mouth, I abruptly turned away and resumed staring at the idiotic carvings of 'professed' lovers, etched into my desk.
It's harder yet to grasp its significance: the rant against the Roman Antichrist, the intolerance to all outside God's true church, the 'professed' loyalty to the King's Majesty are now alien.
This revival began with a deep conviction of sin on the part of the 'professed' people of God, the members of the Jewish church.
By contrast, 'professed' believers claim that only bodily processes cease at death - some kind of spiritual/mental existence continues.
Thérèse also made a vow, informally as a young child, and formally on two occasions as a 'professed' Carmelite nun, to refuse nothing to Jesus.
The newly 'professed' brother is one of a family of 11.
For many nuns their status as a 'professed' religious did not necessarily obviate access to various parts of familial patrimony.
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