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tu·te·lar·y

(to͞ot′l-ĕr′ē, tyo͞ot′-) also tu·te·lar (to͞ot′l-ər, -är′, tyo͞ot′-)

adj.

1. Being or serving as a guardian or protector: tutelary gods.

2. Of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.

n. pl. tu·te·lar·ies also tu·te·lars

One that serves as a guardian or protector.

[From Latin tūtēlārius, guardian, from tūtēla, tutelage; see tutelage.]

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tutelary

(ˈtjuːtɪlərɪ) or

tutelar

adj

1. invested with the role of guardian or protector

2. of or relating to a guardian or guardianship

n, pl -laries or -lars

a tutelary person, deity, or saint

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tu•te•lar•y

(ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut-)

also tu•te•lar

(-l ər)

adj., n., pl. -lar•ies. adj.

1. having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing.

2. of or pertaining to a guardian or guardianship.

3. a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.

[1605–15; < Latin tūtēlārius guardian; see tutelage, -ary]

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Adj.

tutelary - providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"

custodial, tutelar

protective - intended or adapted to afford protection of some kind; "a protective covering"; "the use of protective masks and equipment"; "protective coatings"; "kept the drunken sailor in protective custody"; "animals with protective coloring"; "protective tariffs"

Translations

tutelary

[ˈtjuːtɪlərɪ] ADJ → tutelar

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tutelary

adj (form, of guardian) → vormundschaftlich; tutelary deity → Schutzgott m, → Schutzgöttin f

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In fresh myrtle my blade I'll entwine, Like Harmodius, the gallant and good, When he made at the tutelar shrine A libation of Tyranny's blood.

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Magua had often heard the fame of this wise and just Delaware; a reputation that even proceeded so far as to bestow on him the rare gift of holding secret communion with the Great Spirit, and which has since transmitted his name, with some slight alteration, to the white usurpers of his ancient territory, as the imaginary tutelar saint* of a vast empire.

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Next to these are those who are appointed to have the general care of all those public sacrifices to the tutelar god of the state, which the laws do not entrust to the priests: and these in different states have different appellations.