Object

• godliness: How rare is the exercise of the Psalmist among those who profess godliness!

• allegiance: The decline in the number of people professing allegiance to Christianity is alarming.

• ignorance: The point is that they were made by the same teachers who had earlier professed almost complete ignorance of Protestant schools.

• faith: There were several who did profess faith in Christ.

• creed: Thus modern Freemasonry was a religious fraternity, where freemasons as individuals could profess any creed except atheism.

• admiration: This still irks Olga, my guide here, who objects when I profess admiration for both his architectural achievements and energy.

Used with why or when

• what: It is also bad for people to profess what they do not believe.

Infinitive complement

• despise: The Power which you profess to despise has sent it to me.

• believe: No matter what they may once have professed to believe, they have put themselves beyond the reach of the church's prayers.

• hate: Now they profess to hate it and, for some, their view of it contaminates their view of everything we do.

• know: Don't profess to know more about the company than you really do.

• like: On the topic of the Millenium Center opinions are predictably mixed, tho most profess to like the building itself.

Modifying Another Word

• openly: The God of Jacob hath openly professed we shall not seek him in vain, Isa. xlv.

• publicly: I always love this kind of service, as the body of Christ welcomes new members as they publicly profess their faith.

• all: The athletes who perform here all profess to have retired now from competitive sport.

• not: XXX does not profess accuracy in details of canals, &c.

• never: But, hey, I never professed to be the World's greatest Asian genre film fan.

• n't: Do n't profess to know more about the company than you really do.