pupilage

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A physician, with whom I was intimately acquainted, during the greater part of his medical pupilage, which included the latter part of his tobacco experience, has given the following account of his own case.

From An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health by Mussey, R. D. (Reuben Dimond)

A pretty notion the Signorina must form of your enslaved state of pupilage, when she hears you ask that question.

From The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 by Various

During his pupilage he secured his first engagement as an actor at a little theatre on the Boulevard du Crime, called the Variétés Amusantes—a theatre long since dead.

From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 15, No. 89, May, 1875 by Various

The period of pupilage is a fortnight spent in retreat, on a dietary of milk and fruits.

From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar

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