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1581 J. Marbeck Bk. Notes & Common Places 616 The Church of Israel was vnder the lawe..vnto the time of Christ, when she waxed strong, and then hir pupilship ended.

1879 W. Senior Trav. & Trout in Antipodes (1880) 84 To-day you commence your pupilship to me.

1892 Daily News 2 Dec. 6/3 Time was when pupilship at this school was by nomination.

1936 Times 6 Mar. 16/4 They should not be kept too long at theoretical work,..and the period of pupilship should not be too long.

1977 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Petals of Blood vii. 227 The real motive behind past pupilship and desire for advice and help.

2002 P. Heehs Indian Relig. 494 If man only knew that the greatness and perfection of the great ones..was in their pupilship, and not in teaching!

1838 Times 17 Nov. 1/3 (advt.) Medical pupilship.—Two surgeons..have a vacancy for a pupil, to whom they can offer peculiar advantages for practical instruction.

1861 J. A. Phillips Missionary Pupils 10 We require in addition to these missionary studentships, what I would call missionary pupilships—means for supporting and educating lads, in the time intervening between School and College.

1958 Times 18 Feb. 1/3 (advt.) Accountancy pupilships. A limited number of vacancies are available for boys leaving school in July, 1958... The training will be for a period of five years, during which pupils will be paid a progressive allowance.

1986 I. Loudon Med. Care & Gen. Practitioner 31 Premiums for a hospital pupilship or apprenticeship were relatively high and..those who sought such posts were probably the more ambitious, literate, and energetic.