The-the court gave him the custody of our child during the probationary year.
"A Fool and His Money"
George Barr McCutcheon
He complained of these wanderings and distractions to the priest, who answered,- You are on the threshold of the probationary life; you cannot yet experience the sweet and familiar friendship of prayer.
"En Route"
J.-K. (Joris-Karl) Huysmans
These conditions mark out the attributes he is to acquire, and while he is labouring to create these, he is sometimes said to be treading the probationary Path, the Path which leads up to the "Strait Gate," beyond which is the "Narrow Way," or the "Path of Holiness," the "Way of the Cross."
"Esoteric Christianity, or The Lesser Mysteries"
Annie Besant