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pupilage

[ pyoo-puh-lij ]

noun

  1. the state or period of being a pupil; tutelage.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pupilage1

First recorded in 1580–90; pupil 1 + -age

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Example Sentences

The aristocratic friends of the young man would never allow him to see her more, and he was weak enough to be put in pupilage.

He looked back upon these, as indeed upon all his years of pupilage, as to a time of struggle and hardship.

Tyroc′iny, pupilage (see Tirocinium); Ty′ronism, state of being a tyro.

"I'm afraid I don't quite understand," said Lady Holme, preserving a quiet air of pupilage.

Most of us were shy to speak out in that presence, feeling ourselves in a state of pupilage.

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