professed

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Professed belief in God may be on the decline, but we are surrounded by increasingly powerful and even godlike machines.

From Slate • Oct. 28, 2023

Professed Knights, from which the Grand Masters are chosen, take vows of poverty and chastity as well as obedience to the pope.

From Reuters • May 3, 2023

Professed aim of FCC's original regulations was to put small radio stations in a better business position relative to the chains, to open up competition and to afford new networks more weaving room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professed aim of last week's revolt was a new provisional government, which would call a constituent assembly to meet before the general election which Provisional President de Cespedes had promised to hold next February.

From Time Magazine Archive

Professed detestation of Spain was a sure way to his favour, which, his kinsfolk recognising, they won his confidence only to their own ultimate destruction when he discovered that he had been deceived.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir