pupilage

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His pupilage with Sir Joshua prevented his falling into the washed leather and warm drab errors of tone that then distinguished the English school of historical painting.

From Art in England Notes and Studies by Cook, Dutton

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

Down to the year 1832, the system of common law pleading and practice supplied the student, during the greater period of his pupilage, with little else than the most degrading and unprofitable drudgery.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, No. 359, September 1845 by Various

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

Is it that the dignity of genius forbids it, or that pupilage is half a disgrace?

From How to Write a Novel A Practical Guide to the Art of Fiction by Anonymous