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‖ tirocinium|taɪrəʊˈsɪnɪəm| Also (less correctly) tyro-. [L. tīrōcinium first military service or campaign, young troops, f. tīro, tiro + -cinium, as in latrōcinium robbery, vāticinium prophecy.] a. First experience of or training in anything; apprenticeship, pupilage, novitiate; hence, inexperience, rawness. b. concr. A band of novices or recruits.
1651Life Father Sarpi (1676) 89 The Tyrocinium or the young Militia of state in the Commonwealth. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes 37 It is the right discipline of Knight-Errantry, to be rudimented in losses at first, and to have the Tyrocinium somewhat tart. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. v. ii. 274 There the Tyrocinium of Genius's is annually display'd. 1784Cowper (title) Tirocinium; or, A Review of Schools. |