externship

[ ek-sturn-ship ]
/ ˈɛk stɜrnˌʃɪp /

noun

a required period of supervised practice done off campus or away from one's affiliated institution: The young doctor served six months of externship at a nearby clinic.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of externship

First recorded in 1940–45; extern + -ship

Words nearby externship

externalism, externality, externalization, externalize, externalizer, externship, exteroceptive, exteroceptor, exterofective, exterritorial, extima
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