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Webster 1913 Edition
Apprenticeship
Ap-pren′tice-ship
,Noun.
1.
The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
2.
The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).
Webster 1828 Edition
Apprenticeship
APPREN'TICESHIP
,Noun.
1.
The term for which an apprentice is bound to serve his master. This term in England is by statute seven years. In Paris, the term is five years; after which, the person, before he is qualified to exercise the trade as a master, must serve five years as a journeyman; during which term, he is called the companion of his master, and the term is called his companionship.2.
The service, state or condition of an apprentice; a state in which a person is gaining instruction under a master.