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tutelar


  2  definitions  found 
 
  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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