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Oldest profession (phrase) most of us. His speech, and especially his prayers, exhibited a rare consciousness of the beauty of holiness, and were fragrant with phrases of singular charm. As you all know, Mr Petrie followed the oldest profession in the world” (1915). However, those 'innocent' uses of the phrase tended to die out as awareness of the newly acquired meaning increased; as did the appreciation that antiquity, of itself, did not make a profession respectable. Nominations for the second-oldest profession: Oldest profession (phrase) The oldest profession in the world (or the world's oldest profession) is a phrase that, unless another meaning is