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Webster 1913 Edition


Tutelage

Tu′te-lage

(tū′tē̍-lā̍j; 48)
,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Tutelage

TU'TELAGE

,
Noun.
[from L. tutela, protection, from tueor,to defend.]
1.
Guardianship; protection; applied to the person protecting; as, the king's right of seignory and tutelage.
2.
State of being under a guardian.

Definition 2024


tutelage

tutelage

English

Noun

tutelage (countable and uncountable, plural tutelages)

  1. The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection
    the king's right of seigniory and tutelage
  2. The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.

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