pupilage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pupilage
Example Sentences
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The rough schooling of French hostility was necessary for the development of those qualities among the British colonists which enabled them finally to break the bonds of pupilage and stand alone.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George
Is it that the dignity of genius forbids it, or that pupilage is half a disgrace?
From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous
The doctors of Ancient Rome took no regular course of study, nor were any standards specified, but as a rule knowledge was acquired by pupilage to a practising physician, for which a honorarium was paid.
From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands
Down to the year 1832, the system of common law pleading and practice supplied the student, during the greater period of his pupilage, with little else than the most degrading and unprofitable drudgery.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various
During his pupilage he secured his first engagement as an actor at a little theatre on the Boulevard du Crime, called the Variétés Amusantes—a theatre long since dead.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various
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