ppl. a. (UN-1 8.)

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c. 1430.  Paston Lett., I. 30. The poure hous of Bromholm…, in wheche arn divers vertuous yongge men, monkes clad and unprofessyd.

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a. 1450.  in Myrc, Par. Pr. (1902), 61. Ale þat leyne hand on preste or clerke … off religione professed or vnprofessud.

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1808.  Scott, Marm., II. v. Sister Clare,… As yet a novice unprofess’d.

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1809–14.  Wordsw., Excurs., VII. 309. Whose mind could … beguile A solitude, unchosen, unprofessed.

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