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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Apprenticeship

· Ap·pren·tice·ship · IPA /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/
01 n. The service or condition of an apprentice; the state in which a person is gaining instruction in a trade or art, under legal agreement.
  1. 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. 2.
    The time an apprentice is serving (sometimes seven years, as from the age of fourteen to twenty-one).