Definition of "professional life" [professional life]

• A career in industrial or commercial or professional activities (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "Devillers was a volunteer, but in her professional life she was a judge in the French Ministry of Justice, and Filliau was inclined to take her seriously as a witness."
• "“Globe” was built on the Bankside, and 10 years later the “Blackfriars:” and with these two, but especially with the former, the remainder of his professional life was associated."
• "During the years since his effort on the Concho water snake, Mike Gilpin has focused his professional life on the study of metapopulation dynamics."