Tutelage
['tjuːtɪlɪdʒ] or ['tʊtəlɪdʒ]
Definition
(noun.) teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately).
Typist: Xavier--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
(n.) The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.
Typed by Katie
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Protection, guardianship, tutorship.
Typist: Ursula
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Protection, guardianship, minority, training, pupilage
ANT:Majority, non-tutelage, independence, discretion
Checked by Brits
Definition
n. guardianship: state of being under a guardian.—adjs. Tū′telar Tū′telary protecting: having the charge of a person or place.
Editor: Sheldon
Examples
- Likewise, under Sola's tutelage, I developed my telepathic powers so that I shortly could sense practically everything that went on around me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Some unknown circumstance now induced his mother to send him from under her immediate tutelage; and we heard that he was about to visit Cumberland. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
Editor: Vince