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Such a system could not fail to establish a belief in good and evil genii, and of tutelar spirits presiding over families, towns, cities, houses, mountains, and other particular places.

From Travels in China, Containing Descriptions, Observations, and Comparisons, Made and Collected in the Course of a Short Residence at the Imperial Palace of Yuen-Min-Yuen, and on a Subsequent Journey through the Country from Pekin to Canton by Barrow, John, Sir

The bishop of St. Malo frequently enquired, who was this tutelar saint, whom he had never heard mentioned before?

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

The temples in the country were generally surrounded with groves sacred to the tutelar deity of the place, where, before the invention of temples, the gods were worshipped.

From Cultus Arborum Phallic Tree Worship by Anonymous

The leader of this Asiatic army was called Odin, or Wodin; first their general, afterwards their tutelar deity....

From Legends of the Saxon Saints by De Vere, Aubrey

It was founded in the twelfth or thirteenth century, and named after St. Giles, abbot and confessor, and tutelar saint of Edinburgh in the olden time.

From The Genius of Scotland or Sketches of Scottish Scenery, Literature and Religion by Turnbull, Robert