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tu⋅te⋅lage

  [toot-l-ij, tyoot-]
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–noun
1. the act of guarding, protecting, or guiding; office or function of a guardian; guardianship.
2. instruction; teaching; guidance: His knowledge of Spanish increased under private tutelage.
3. the state of being under a guardian or a tutor.
Origin:
1595–1605; < L tūtēl(a) guardianship (deriv. of tuērī to watch; see tuition ) + -age

Synonyms:
2. direction, supervision, tutoring, coaching.
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tu·te·lage   (tōōt'l-ĭj, tyōōt'-)   
n.  
  1. The capacity or activity of a guardian; guardianship.
  2. The capacity or activity of a tutor; instruction or teaching.
  3. The state of being under the direction of a guardian or tutor.

[Latin tūtēla (from tūtus, variant past participle of tuērī, to guard) + -age.]
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Tutelage

Tu"te*lage\, n. [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.
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Language Translation for : tutelage
Spanish: tutela,
German: die Vormundschaft,
Japanese: 監督
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tutelage 
1605, from L. tutela "a watching, protection," from variant pp. stem of tueri "watch over" (see tutor). Meaning "instruction, tuition" first appeared 1857.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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