Synonyms for tutelary
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : toot-l-er-ee, tyoot- |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut- |
Définition of tutelary
Origin :- 1610s, from Latin tutelarius "a guardian," from tutela "protection, watching" (see tutor (n.)).
- adj protecting
- There is nothing that does not partake of that of which the missionary, or the tutelary, is the special.
- Extract from : « The Book of the Damned » by Charles Fort
- His master-piece was the picture of Ialysus, the tutelary hero of Rhodes, where he lived.
- Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
- Perhaps a tutelary genius, invisible to us, inhabits the house.
- Extract from : « Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers » by Various
- Piazzi called it Ceres, after the tutelary goddess of Sicily.
- Extract from : « Pioneers of Science » by Oliver Lodge
- The DÅ«ma is not regarded only as an evil spirit, but also as a tutelary deity.
- Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston
- The tutelary of this fortress-church is the gentle patroness of music.
- Extract from : « How France Built Her Cathedrals » by Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
- He has since been worshipped as the tutelary god of the Chinese tea merchants.
- Extract from : « The Book of Tea » by Kakuzo Okakura
- He concluded that it was a planet, and named it Ceres , for the tutelary goddess of Sicily.
- Extract from : « Astronomy » by David Todd
- From this time the shoemakers have chosen them for their tutelary saints.
- Extract from : « Folk-lore of Shakespeare » by Thomas Firminger Thiselton-Dyer
- They were the tutelary deities of all public occasions in the town.
- Extract from : « The Co-Citizens » by Corra Harris
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