tuitionn.

/tjuːˈɪʃən/

Forms: Middle English–1500s tuicion, tuission, etc. (with y for either i, and -one, -oun(e, for -on), 1500s tuytion, tuytyon, tuityon, 1500s–1600s -tione, Middle English– tuition.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman tuycioun, obsolete French tuition (Cotgrave, 1611), Old French tuicion, -ssion, -tion (1335 in Godefroy), < Latin tuitio guard, guardianship, noun of action < Latin tuērī to look to, look after.

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a. The action of looking after or taking care of, or condition of being taken care of; safe-keeping, protection, defence, custody, care, tutelage. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun]

lookingc1300

keepingc1380

charge1389

keepa1400

procuration?a1425

charchec1426

tuition1436

recommendation1483

fostera1500

sussy1513

carec1540

overlooking1565

regard1596

overview1598

accurance1677

protectiveness1847

protectingness1852

1292 Britton I. xvii. §2 Et si il reconusent felonie..et prient tuycioun del eglise [transl. and beg the protection of the church].]

1436 Libel Eng. Policy in Pol. Poems (Rolls) II. 204 There glorified in reste wyth his tuicione, The deité to see wyth fulle fruicione.

1462 King Edward IV in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. I. 129 For the tuicion and defence of this owr Realme.

c1575 J. Hooker Life Sir P. Carew (1857) 276 I commit your Lordeship to the tuission of the Almightie.

1611 H. Broughton Require of Agreement 53 A jest..that Diana..was so busie about Alexanders birth, that shee forgat the tuition of her owne Temple.

1693 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. (ed. 2) i. vi. §1 There is a Duty of Tuition, and Protection of Orphans.

1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 352 Liberty without wisdom, and without virtue..is folly, vice, and madness, without tuition or restraint.

b. spec. The position of a guardian or tutor n. in relation to a ward; guardianship. Obsolete.

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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > office of > position in relation to ward

tuitiona1513

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ci. f. xli Clodomyrus was slayne leuyng after hym .iii. sonnes..whiche .iii. sonnes Clotilde toke to her tuyssion & guydynge.

1568 Newe Comedie Iacob & Esau i. ii. sig. A.iv They were brought vp bothe vnder one tuition.

1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. App. 21 They chose Eudo,..to be King..till Charles should come to his lawfull age, whom they put under Eudo his tuition.

1690 J. Locke Two Treat. Govt. ii. vi. §67 That [power] which the Father hath, in the Right of Tuition, during Minority.

c. concrete. A defence, fortification. Obsolete. rare.

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society > armed hostility > defence > defensive work(s) > [noun]

workeOE

forcementa1382

strengtha1382

strengthinga1382

warding1382

closurea1400

bulwarkc1418

propugnaclea1460

fortification1489

munition?c1500

tuition1513

fortifying1523

furniture1577

munificence1596

bloccuz1600

burg-ward1753

propugnaculum1864

1513 Life Henry V (1911) 109 This Towne was fortified w^th innumerable tuytions and defences.

a. The action or business of teaching a pupil or pupils; the function of a tutor or instructor (see tutor n.); teaching, instruction.

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society > education > teaching > [noun]

lore971

wissingc1000

wordloreOE

teachingc1175

kenningc1320

lering1377

learningc1380

disciplinea1382

doctrinec1384

ensignment1398

instruction?a1439

schoolc1449

schoolingc1449

document?a1500

instructing1516

entechmenta1522

institution1531

teachment1562

repasting1567

tuition1582

lessoning1583

tutoring1590

loring1596

tutorage1638

indoctrination1646

principling1649

tutorya1713

tutorhood1752

didactic1754

documenting1801

pupillizing1815

tutorizing1837

tutorization1842

tutelagea1856

coachmanship1873

preception1882

1582 in Campion's Wks. (1909) Introd. 26 Allowance for Thomas Sisley and Thomas Campion at Cambridge beginning at cristmas 1582. First, eche of them for thir diete weakely ijs. vjd.: in the whole yere..xiij. li. Item, thir tuition yerely xlv.s. for eche.

1619 R. Boyle Diary in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 235 v^li that he gave the ffrenchman and his wyffe for their first quarters tuicon of my children.

1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall II. xix. 129 They pursued their studies..under the tuition of the most skilful masters.

1807 R. Southey Acct. Life White in H. K. White Remains I. 3 One of the ushers, when he came to receive the money due for tuition.

1845 E. Holmes Life Mozart 7 Obliged to devote every hour that he could spare..to tuition on the violin and clavier.

b. attributive, as tuition-fee, tuition-money.

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1869 A. J. Evans Vashti viii. 102 In future I shall not advance one cent of my tuition-money.

c. = tuition-fee at sense 2b. U.S.

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society > education > educational administration > [noun] > fees

tuition1828

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > [noun] > for tuition

school hire1440

school wage1542

culet1550

feec1616

tutorage1721

premium1765

tuition1828

school penny1841

1828 N. Webster Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (at cited word) In our colleges, the tuition is from thirty to forty dollars a year.

1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet ii. i. 101 Your tuition will be paid.

1979 Arizona Daily Sun 19 Apr. 1/6 Wettaw..was given the award for his opposition to increases in university tuitions.

Derivatives

tuˈitional adj. pertaining or relating to tuition; of a school, supported by tuition-fees.

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society > education > teaching > [adjective]

instructivea1492

preceptivea1525

instructing1561

documentalc1575

dogmatical1580

doctrinablea1586

doctrinal1597

didactical1603

didascalic1609

tutorly1611

schooling1614

indoctrinating1642

disciplinable1644

docenta1645

institutionary1646

protreptic1658

protreptical1662

dogmatic1678

educating1699

didactive1723

educativea1750

tuitive1776

educatory1792

didactic1799

instructional1801

tuitionary1816

instructionary1824

didascalara1846

teaching1853

tuitional1861

documentary1873

1861 H. Bushnell Christian Nurture ii. i. 216 Tuitional and regulative influences that come after.

1892 E. F. Williams in Chicago Advance 24 Nov. What are called ‘Daughter Schools’, or the ‘Higher Girls' Schools’ [in Germany],..are for the most part tuitional schools.

1906 Missionary Rec. United Free Church Scotl. July 6/1 The tuitional side of missionary work.

tuˈitionary adj. pertaining to tuition.

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