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Tutelage definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TU'TELAGE, n. [from L. tutela, protection, from tueor,to defend.]
1. Guardianship; protection; applied to the person protecting; as, the king's right of seignory and tutelage.
2. State of being under a guardian.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) [syn: tutelage, tuition, tutorship]
2: attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: care, charge, tutelage, guardianship]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin tutela protection, guardian (from tutari to protect, frequentative of tueri to look at, guard) + English -age Date: 1605 1. a. an act or process of serving as guardian or protector ; guardianship b. hegemony over a foreign territory ; trusteeship 2 2. the state of being under a guardian or tutor 3. a. instruction especially of an individual b. a guiding influence <a business under the tutelage of a new director>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 guardianship. 2 the state or duration of being under this. 3 instruction, tuition. Etymology: L tutela f. tueri tuit- or tut- watch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Tutelage Tu"te*lage, n. [L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe, fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. Tuition.] 1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy. --Macaulay. 2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed. --V. Knox.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If one person, group, or country does something under the tutelage of another, they do it while they are being taught or guided by them. (FORMAL) N-UNCOUNT: usu under N

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Protection, guardianship, tutorship.

Moby Thesaurus

abetment, administration, advocacy, aegis, auspices, backing, care, catechization, chair, chair of English, championship, charge, charity, clientage, clientship, coaching, countenance, cure, custodianship, custody, dependence, dependency, didactics, direction, edification, education, encouragement, enlightenment, favor, fellowship, fosterage, goodwill, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, illumination, information, instruction, interest, jurisdiction, keeping, management, ministry, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pedagogics, pedagogy, preceptorship, private teaching, professorate, professorhood, professoriate, professorship, programmed instruction, protectorship, readership, reeducation, safe hands, schooling, schoolmastery, seconding, self-instruction, self-teaching, sponsorship, spoon-feeding, stewardship, sympathy, teachership, teaching, tuition, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing