rare. [irreg. f. ALUMNUS, by form-assoc. with words like noviciate, where the affix is really only -ATE.] The period of pupillage.
1879. Baring-Gould, Germ., II. 134. When the alumniate is over, the seminarist goes forth.
rare. [irreg. f. ALUMNUS, by form-assoc. with words like noviciate, where the affix is really only -ATE.] The period of pupillage.
1879. Baring-Gould, Germ., II. 134. When the alumniate is over, the seminarist goes forth.
