APPREN'TICESHIP, n.
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.
