Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The state or period of being a pupil.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being a pupil or scholar, or the period during which one is a pupil.
- noun The state or period of being a ward or minor.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being a pupil.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The condition of being a
pupil - noun The
period during which one is a pupil
Etymologies
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Examples
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Before, she had been his companion and his pupil; since then, she had been his companion even more frequently, but the idea of pupilage seemed to have been absorbed in the self-abnegation of parental hope and pride.
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This kind of pupilage was called the _tirocinium fori_, in which a lad should be pursuing his studies for the legal profession, and also his bodily exercises in the Campus Martius, so that he might be ready to serve in the army for the single campaign which was still desirable if not absolutely necessary.
Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero W. Warde Fowler 1884
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'pupilage' misses the whole point and comes near making nonsense of the passage. cf.
The Works of Aphra Behn, Volume II Aphra Behn 1664
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A person working as an apprentice stagiaire with a barrister is called a “pupil”, and the apprenticeship is called “pupilage”; with a solicitor he/she is called an “articled clerk” or “trainee solicitor”.
Attorney, Lawyer, Barrister, Solicitor and Notary (English) Rene Meertens 2010
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A person working as an apprentice stagiaire with a barrister is called a “pupil”, and the apprenticeship is called “pupilage”; with a solicitor he/she is called an “articled clerk” or “trainee solicitor”.
Archive 2010-03-01 Rene Meertens 2010
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She said he was properly qualified as an advocate to practice, although he might "need a little pupilage".
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Mr. Tyrold hoped it was an entire discontinuance of all pupilage and tutorship; and that Dr. Orkborne might henceforth be considered as a mere family friend.
Camilla 2008
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He flattered himself that he had not been idle while he was there, and was now ahout to commence his more advanced stage of pupilage, under the great Mr. Beilby, in London, with hopes which were still good, if they were not so magnificent as they once had been.
The Claverings 2005
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The pupil had been, in her state of pupilage, so imbued with the class-custom of stretching out an arm, as if to hail a cab or omnibus, whenever she found she had an observation on hand to offer to Miss
Our Mutual Friend 2004
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There may he remain, under safe pupilage, till the newfangled manners of the age have discovered him to be superannuated and bestowed on him a pension.
Barchester Towers 2004
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