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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
This of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most
tutelary of morals. --Landor.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
tutelar
adj : providing protective supervision; watching over or
safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just
custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" [syn: {custodial},
{guardian}, {tutelary}]
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