pupillage
US pupilage
noun
the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil
(in England) the period spent by a newly called barrister in the chambers of a member of the bar
Nearby words
- pupate,
- pupation,
- pupfish,
- pupil,
- pupilage,
- pupillarity,
- pupillary,
- pupillary distance,
- pupillary membrane,
- pupillary reflex
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Examples from the Web for pupillage
Both these princes remained in a state of pupillage till the age of twenty three.
Commentaries on the Laws of England|William Blackstone