pupilage

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During my pupilage, I had read hard, and devoted every energy to the mastery of a difficult profession, and ever since that period I had pursued a rigid course of study.

From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 446 Volume 18, New Series, July 17, 1852 by Chambers, William

Then you have only another year of pupilage to serve, eh, Escombe?”

From Harry Escombe A Tale of Adventure in Peru by Prout, Victor

An unpretentious tenement near Sloane Square was Byron's home during his pupilage with Dr. Glennie.

From A Literary Pilgrimage Among the Haunts of Famous British Authors by Wolfe, Theodore F. (Theodore Frelinghuysen)

Mirabeau's life was, as we have seen, a pupilage, as it is now to become a mastership, in revolution.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. by Various

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 Mayer, Brantz