tutelage
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From Latin tutela (“‘a watching, guardianship, protection’”) < tueri (“‘to watch, guard’”); see tuition.
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tutelage (plural tutelages)
- The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
- Macaulay
- The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy.
- Macaulay
- The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.
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[edit] External links
- tutelage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- tutelage in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
