tutelage

1 teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) [syn: tuition, tutorship]

2 attention and management implying responsibility for safety; "he is in the care of a bodyguard" [syn: care, charge, guardianship]

English

Etymology

From tutela, (protection)

Noun

1. 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.

2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.

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