tutelar
- a variation of tutelary.
Example Sentences
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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
He was the tutelar saint of those animals.’
From British Goblins Welsh Folk-lore, Fairy Mythology, Legends and Traditions by Sikes, Wirt
The gloomy family of care and distrust shall be banished from our dwelling, guarded by thy kind and tutelar deity—we will sing our choral songs of gratitude and rejoice to the end of our pilgrimage.
From Henry Esmond; The English Humourists; The Four Georges by Saintsbury, George
On the opposite quarter, it was bounded by the Capitol, with its ascending range of porticos, and the temple of the tutelar deity on the summit.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume II by Dunlop, John
At the west end is a mosaic of S. Castrense, Monreale's tutelar saint, casting out a devil, and also walking on the sea.
From Cathedral Cities of Italy by Collins, William Wiehe
