tutorage

[ too-ter-ij, tyoo- ]

noun

1. the office, authority, or care of a tutor.
2. the charge for instruction by a tutor.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tutorage¹

First recorded in 1610–20; tutor + -age

Example Sentences

Lincoln fretted under the tutorage of his father, and longed for the hour of his legal freedom.

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The next item which I shall notice is that which in college bills is expressed by the word Tutorage.

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Yet our classical knowledge was the least of the good gifts, which we derived from his zealous and conscientious tutorage.

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Possessed of this notion, he determined to take the young mendicant under his own tutorage and instruction.

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He was bred and trained in the schools of the Pharisees, and consequently influenced by their tutorage.

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