tutelage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun teaching pupils individually (usually by a tutor hired privately)
    tutorship; tuition.
  2. noun attention and management implying responsibility for safety
    charge; guardianship; care.
    • he is in the care of a bodyguard

WordNet

Tu"te*lage noun
Etymology
L. tutela protection, fr. tutus safe, fr. tueri to watch, defend. Cf. Tuition.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913