Definition of "practicing" []

• Actively working in, engaged in, or observing, especially a particular profession or religion: a practicing attorney; a practicing Catholic. (adjective)

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• "Billy spent the evening practicing -- softly, to be sure, so as not to wake Baby -- but _practicing_."
• "And the kind of personal religion that people end up practicing is a bizarre concoction of ritual drawn from each other."
• "EnlargeBy Carolyn Kaster, APPauline Nay, second from left, leads girls in practicing a traditional Eskimo dance in Noorvik on Saturday."