probationership
nounEtymology From probationer + -ship.
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The state of being a probationer; novitiate.
- I presume, to that state of mediocrity and probationership he has been pleased to place us in here1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC: