tutorage

[ too-ter-ij, tyoo- ]

/ ˈtu tər ɪdʒ, ˈtyu- /

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noun

the office, authority, or care of a tutor.

the charge for instruction by a tutor.

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Origin of tutorage

First recorded in 1610–20; tutor + -age

Lincoln fretted under the tutorage of his father, and longed for the hour of his legal freedom.
Lincoln, the Politician|T. Aaron Levy
The next item which I shall notice is that which in college bills is expressed by the word Tutorage.
The Collected Writing of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II|Thomas De Quincey
Yet our classical knowledge was the least of the good gifts, which we derived from his zealous and conscientious tutorage.
Biographia Literaria|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Possessed of this notion, he determined to take the young mendicant under his own tutorage and instruction.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, Volume I|Tobias Smollett

He was bred and trained in the schools of the Pharisees, and consequently influenced by their tutorage.
Synopsis of Jewish History|Henry A. Henry