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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being a pupil.

As sons of kings, loving in

pupilage

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Have turned to tyrants when they came to power.

Tennyson.

Noun.

The state of being a scholar, or under the care of an instructor for education and discipline.

Wardship; minority.

In this latter sense, the Scots use pupilarity.

pupilage ‎(countable and uncountable, plural pupilages)

the condition of being a pupil

the period during which one is a pupil