probationership
English
Etymology
From probationer + -ship.
Noun
probationership (plural probationerships)
- The state of being a probationer; novitiate.
- 1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:
- I presume, to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here
References
- “probationership”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.