More specifically, Justice F.A. Chua referred to the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and noted that the word profess means "to affirm, or declare one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion, principle, God or Saint etc.)".
蔡法官（Justice F.A. Chua）更具体参照《简编牛津英语词典》（Shorter Oxford English Dictionary），表示“信奉”（profess）一词的意思是“申明；宣誓信仰或效忠（某宗教、信念、神、圣人等等）”（to affirm, or declare one's faith in or allegiance to (a religion, principle, God or Saint etc.)）。