tutelary
adjective
having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing.
tutelaries
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pluralof tutelary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The male priests and the warrior priests invoke their respective tutelaries before a trapping expedition and the manikiad43 calls upon the emissary44 of the war deities.
From The Manóbos of Mindanáo Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume XXIII, First Memoir by John M. Garvan
The most efficacious tutelaries are tantric forms of the Dhyâni Buddhas, especially Vajrasattva, Vajradhara and Amitâyus.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
The enquirer finds a similar difficulty when he tries in the twentieth century to identify rural deities, or even the tutelaries of many great temples, with any personages recognized by the canonical literature.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Sir Charles Eliot
Overhead the great mountains shot up their craggy heads, blasted into a score of fantastic shapes, frowning down upon the barbarous scene like grim tutelaries of destruction.
From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Bertram Mitford
A second class of tutelaries is composed of so-called Buddhas, accompanied by Śaktis and terrific in aspect, who are manifestations of the Buddhahood for special purposes.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
