pupilage

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The transition of the son from the pupilage of childhood and youth to the independence of manhood is often trying to the filial relation.

From Hooking Watermelons 1898 by Bellamy, Edward

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 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)

The doctors of Ancient Rome took no regular course of study, nor were any standards specified, but as a rule knowledge was acquired by pupilage to a practising physician, for which a honorarium was paid.

From Outlines of Greek and Roman Medicine by Elliott, James Sands

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