tutelage

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for tutelage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Etymology

From Latin tutela (“a watching, guardianship, protection”), from tueri (“to watch, guard”). See tuition.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtɪlɪdʒ/, /ˈtʃuːtɪlɪdʒ/, /ˈtuːtɪlɪdʒ/
• (weak vowel merger) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtələdʒ/, /ˈtʃuːtələdʒ/, /ˈtuːtələdʒ/
• (with syncope) IPA^(key): /ˈtjuːtlɪdʒ/, /ˈtʃuːtlɪdʒ/, /ˈtuːtlɪdʒ/, /-ədʒ/

Noun

tutelage (countable and uncountable, plural tutelages)

1. The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; guardianship; protection

   the king's right of seigniory and tutelage

   • 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, “Chapter I”, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, page 23:

     The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy.

2. The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; care or protection enjoyed.
3. Instruction; teaching; guidance

Synonyms

• guardianship
• protection
• (instruction, guidance): tutorship

Related terms

• tutelar
• tutelary
• tuition
• tutor
• tutorial

Translations

The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection

• French: tutelle (fr)
• German: Bevormundung (de) f
• Greek: κηδεμονία (el) f (kidemonía)

• Latin: tūtēla f
• Russian: опеку́нство (ru) n (opekúnstvo)
• Spanish: tutela (es) f

The state of being under a guardian or a tutor

• German: Vormundschaft (de) f, Obhut (de) f

Instruction; teaching; guidance

• German: Anleitung (de) f

Further reading

• tutelage in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• tutelage in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.