adjective
- actively engaged in a particular profession, especially law or medicine
- actively following the beliefs and customs of a religion
Examples
- She is a practising lawyer in downtown Chicago.
- The clinic is run by practising physicians.
- He comes from a family of practising Catholics.
- As a practising Muslim, she prays five times daily.
- The practising doctor retired after forty years.
- They are practising Jews who observe the Sabbath.
- The hospital needs more practising nurses.