tutelary
adjective
having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing.
tutelar
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a variation of
tutelary.
Example Sentences
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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 Aubrey De Vere
The sculptor, the architect, and the painter, as well as the philosopher, the orator, and the poet, considered her their tutelar deity.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
The ancestral ghost of an uji, or family of several households, became later the ujigami, or local tutelar god.
From Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman by George M. (George Milbrey) Gould
Mr. Sparks says: "During his presidency it was likewise his custom to subject the treasury reports and accompanying documents to the process of tutelar condensation, with a vast expenditure of labor and patience."
From From Farm House to the White House The life of George Washington, his boyhood, youth, manhood, public and private life and services by William M. (William Makepeace) Thayer
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.
