pupilage

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He found himself promoted to stay beyond the hour of pupilage in order pleasantly to pass away a second hour by dancing formally with the sisters and cousins of other boys.

From Sinister Street, vol. 1 by MacKenzie, Compton

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

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

Having advanced so far as a village council, and arrived at the stage of managing their own affairs, having, in fact, emerged from pupilage, next comes a question for the council.

From The Hills and the Vale by Jefferies, Richard

The lieutenants who owed their rank to it became such after seven or eight years, or at, twenty-three or four; and this meant really passing out of pupilage into manhood.

From From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)