pupilage
Example Sentences
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When military aviation had outgrown its early pupilage to the Royal Engineers it came under the immediate control of the War Office.
From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
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
Public credulity believed the scandal, and the public mind became troubled because the pupilage of the future sovereign was under the guidance of the shallow earl.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 3, July, 1851 by Various
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
Dino is in a state of pupilage," he said, slightly, finding that Brian seemed to expect an answer; "the rules which bind him are very strict.
From Under False Pretences A Novel by Sergeant, Adeline
