'Tutelage' definitions:
Definition of 'tutelage'
(from WordNet)
noun
Teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) [syn: tutelage, tuition, tutorship]
noun
Attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: care, charge, tutelage, guardianship]
Definition of 'Tutelage'
From: GCIDE
- Tutelage \Tu"te*lage\ (t[=u]"t[-e]*l[asl]j; 48), n. [L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe, fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. Tuition.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage. [1913 Webster]
- The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed. --V. Knox. [1913 Webster] Tutelar
Synonyms of 'tutelage'
From: 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