TUTELAR

tutelar|tutelary. Tutelar, or Tutelary, a. guarding, protecting, kind

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{ Tu″te‐lar (?), Tu″te‐la‐ry (?), } a. [[L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.]] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.