pupilage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pupilage
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And woe to the sophist who, with arguments drawn from the unconfirmed constitution of his childhood, would strive to render his imperfect, because immature, state of pupilage a permanent one!
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume 2 Historical, Traditional, and Imaginative by John Mackay Wilson
He found himself promoted to stay beyond the hour of pupilage in order pleasantly to pass away a second hour by dancing formally with the sisters and cousins of other boys.
From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by Compton MacKenzie
Then you have only another year of pupilage to serve, eh, Escombe?”
From Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Victor Prout
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
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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