probationership

English

Etymology

probationer +‎ -ship

Noun

probationership (plural probationerships)

1. 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.