While yet a young probationer, And candidate of heaven.
Dryden.
2. A student in divinity, who, having received certificates of good
morals and qualifications from his university, is admitted to several
trials by a presbytery, and, on acquitting himself well, is licensed to
preach. [Scot.]
Pro*ba"tion*er*ship, n. The state of being a probationer; novitiate.
Locke.
Pro*ba"tion*ship, n. A state of probation.
Pro"ba*tive (?), a. [L. probativus: cf. F. probatif.] Serving for trial
or proof; probationary; as, probative judgments; probative evidence.
South.
Pro*ba"tor (?), n. [L.] 1. An examiner; an approver. Maydman.
2. (O. Eng. Law) One who, when indicted for crime, confessed it, and
accused others, his accomplices, in order to obtain pardon; a state's
evidence.
Pro"ba*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. probatoire.] 1. Serving for trial;
probationary. Abp. Bramhall.