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pupillage

British  
/ ˈpjuːpɪlɪdʒ /

noun

  1. the condition of being a pupil or duration for which one is a pupil

  2. (in England) the period spent by a newly called barrister in the chambers of a member of the bar

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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But her focus remains her career, and she will soon start seeking pupillage, essentially a paid apprenticeship for barristers.

From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026

Both, you can tell, have studied their respective masters with scrupulous care, and the results of their pupillage are plain to see.

From The New Yorker ● Dec. 28, 2018

He passed his bar exams only to find he was unable to secure a pupillage at a chambers.

From The Guardian ● Dec. 6, 2018

Both these princes remained in a state of pupillage till the age of twenty three.

From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Sir William Blackstone

I have had twenty temptations to take her under my pupillage; but that I dare not risk the loss of this divinity.

From Anna St. Ives by Thomas Holcroft

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