Tutelary

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tutelar \Tu"te*lar\, Tutelary \Tu"te*la*ry\, a. [L. tutelaris:
     cf. F. tut['e]laire. See {Tutelage}.]
     Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a
     thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses.
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           This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most
           tutelary of morals.                      --Landor.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  tutelary
       adj : providing protective supervision; watching over or
             safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just
             custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" [syn: {custodial},
              {guardian}, {tutelar}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  50 Moby Thesaurus words for "tutelary":
     ancestral spirits, angel, attendant godling, control, covering,
     custodial, daemon, defensive, demon, fairy godmother, familiar,
     familiar spirit, fostering, genius, genius domus, genius loci,
     good angel, good genius, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit,
     guarding, guide, household gods, immunizing, invisible helper,
     lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris,
     lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes,
     ministering angel, numen, parental, penates, preventive,
     prophylactic, protecting, protective, safeguarding, screening,
     sheltering, shielding, special providence, totem, tutelar god,
     vigilant, watchful