Dictionary

tutelage en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈt͡ʃuːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
• /-əd͡ʒ/ with syncope
• /ˈtjuːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/
• /ˈtjuːtlɪd͡ʒ/ with syncope
• /ˈt͡ʃuːtlɪd͡ʒ/ with syncope
• /ˈtuːtlɪd͡ʒ/ with syncope
• /ˈt͡ʃuːtələd͡ʒ/ weak vowel merger
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈtjuːtələd͡ʒ/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtuːtələd͡ʒ/ weak vowel merger
• /ˈtuːtɪlɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

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

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of guarding, protecting, or guiding.
   • The childhood of the European nations was passed under the tutelage of the clergy. 1848, Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay, “Chapter”, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, Longmans, Green, Reader, & Dyer, published 1871, page 23:
   • the king's right of seigniory and tutelage
2. (countable, uncountable) The state of being under a guardian or a tutor; the care or protection enjoyed; being a ward or a tutee.
3. (countable, uncountable) Instruction; teaching; guidance; being a tutor.
   • 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. 1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, Missolonghi, page 187:
   • But when asked which of his achievements he is most proud of, he says: “Actually those of others hypermilers behind the wheel, thanks to my tutelage or simply inspiration.” 2016 July 21, Jacopo Prisco, “How ‘hypermiling’ can save you a lot of fuel (and the planet)”, in CNN:
   • Kirk has attempted to write the definitive explanation of myth, but he too has overlooked von Dechend and, therefore, cannot make much sense concerning "Inanna's Descent into the Nether World." But when from von Dechend's tutelage we realize that Inanna is identified with the planet Venus, then we understand that there is more going on in the myth than a dramatization of the empty storehouse in winter. 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 174:
   • The High Level station was quickly overwhelmed by the volume of traffic, and a full rebuild under the tutelage of architect James Miller was initiated just two years after opening. 2023 October 18, Nick Brodrick, “The grand gateway to Glasgow: 144 years of Glasgow Central”, in RAIL, number 994, page 34:

Forms

Deriveds

cotutelage

Relateds

tutorial · tutelary · tutor · tutelar · tutee · tuition

Synonyms

tutorage · protection · tutorship · guardianship

Translations (24)

cs vedení (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · pl kuratela (The state of being under a guardian or a tutor) · pl nauczanie (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · de Obhut (The state of being under a guardian or a tutor) · cs poručnictví (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · de Betreuung (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · bg опеку́нство (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · de Anleitung (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · de Unterweisung (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · bg настойничество (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · de Vormundschaft (The state of being under a guardian or a tutor) · ru опеку́нство (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · bg покрови́телство (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · fr tutelle (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · bg покрови́телство (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · pl kuratela (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · de Unterricht (Instruction; teaching; guidance) · de Bevormundung (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · de Betreuung (The state of being under a guardian or a tutor) · pl opieka (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · la tūtēla (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · cs opatrovnictví (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · es tutela (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection) · el κηδεμονία (The act of guarding or protecting; guardianship; protection)