pupilage

Example Sentences

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The child had outlived the years of pupilage; the interests of the old and the young required a separate household.

From The Conquest of Canada (Vol. 1 of 2) by Warburton, George

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

She remembered Clarence Copperhead as a full-grown man, beyond, it seemed to her, the age at which pupilage was possible.

From Phoebe, Junior by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)

Richard continued in this state of pupilage in some of the castles belonging to the family from the time that his brother began to reign until he was about fourteen years of age.

From Richard III Makers of History by Abbott, Jacob

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