pupilage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pupilage
Example Sentences
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Now, the tragedy of my first night on the Rio Pongo was my transition from pupilage to responsible independence.
From Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer
Most of us were shy to speak out in that presence, feeling ourselves in a state of pupilage.
From Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers
In spite of the tyrannic cares of their jealous guides, mankind seem desirous to burst from the pupilage, wherein so many causes combine to retain them.
From Ecce Homo! A Critical Inquiry into the History of Jesus of Nazareth: Being a Rational Analysis of the Gospels by Paul Henry Thiry Baron d' Holbach
She remembered Clarence Copperhead as a full-grown man, beyond, it seemed to her, the age at which pupilage was possible.
From Phoebe, Junior by Mrs. (Margaret) Oliphant
After four years' pupilage, I was not surprised to learn that he had already been to hear the new instrumentalist.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by M. (Malcolm) Sterling Mackinlay
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