Definitions for: Tutelage

[n] attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is under the care of a physician"
[n] teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.

Synonyms: care, charge, guardianship, tuition, tutorship

See Also: due care, great care, instruction, ordinary care, pedagogy, protection, providence, reasonable care, slight care, teaching

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