Tutelage

Noun

 * 1) The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection; as, the king's right of seigniory and tutelage.
 * 2) * Macaulay
 * The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy.
 * 1) The state of being under a guardian; care or protection enjoyed.

Synonyms

 * guardianship
 * protection

Related terms

 * tutelar
 * tutelary
 * tuition
 * tutor
 * tutorial

Thesaurus
abetment, administration, advocacy, aegis, auspices, backing, care, catechization, chair, chair of English, championship, charge, charity, clientage, clientship, coaching, countenance, cure, custodianship, custody, dependence, dependency, didactics, direction, edification, education, encouragement, enlightenment, favor, fellowship, fosterage, goodwill, governance, government, guardianship, guidance, hands, illumination, information, instruction, interest, jurisdiction, keeping, management, ministry, oversight, pastorage, pastorate, pastorship, patronage, pedagogics, pedagogy, preceptorship, private teaching, professorate, professorhood, professoriate, professorship, programmed instruction, protectorship, readership, reeducation, safe hands, schooling, schoolmastery, seconding, self-instruction, self-teaching, sponsorship, spoon-feeding, stewardship, sympathy, teachership, teaching, tuition, tutorage, tutoring, tutorship, ward, wardenship, wardship, watch and ward, wing

Etymology
From tutela: < tueri:; see tuition.

Translations

 * French: