pupilage
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of pupilage
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Richard continued in this state of pupilage in some of the castles belonging to the family from the time that his brother began to reign until he was about fourteen years of age.
From Richard III Makers of History by Jacob Abbott
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
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
The child had outlived the years of pupilage; the interests of the old and the young required a separate household.
From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Warburton
Because my days of nominal pupilage are over.
From Jessamine A Novel by Marion Harland
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