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Tutelage

//ˈtjuːtɪlɪd͡ʒ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding. countable, uncountable

    "the king's right of seigniory and tutelage"

  2. 2
    attention and management implying responsibility for safety wordnet
  3. 3
    The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; the care or protection enjoyed; being a ward or a tutee. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately) wordnet
  5. 5
    Instruction; teaching; guidance; being a tutor. countable, uncountable

    "Taught from their cradle-bed to know The bitter tutelage of wo, No idle fears in their bosoms glow, But pride and wrath in their dark eyes glance, As they lift their martyr'd fathers' lance."

Etymology

From Latin tūtēla (“a watching, guardianship, protection”) + -age, from tuērī (“to watch, guard”). See tuition.

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