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  • But the Curate went beyond his Province, when he ftretch'd his Patent for the Cure of Souls, to a kind of Tutelary Guardianfhip over Goods and Chattels.

    Fables of Æsop, and other eminent mythologists : with morals and reflexions. 1692

  • Members of the Tutelary Council Brazil's child protective services barely had access to the room.

    Brazillian Social Engineers Impose Their "Reproductive Justice" on Raped Girl and Family Suzanne 2009

  • And to enhance this flattery, by a common vote it was decreed to change the style of the city, and not to have the years named any longer from the annual archon; a priest of the two Tutelary Divinities, who was to be yearly chosen, was to have this honor, and all public acts and instruments were to bear their date by his name.

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • The Cardinal answered that he had no Occasion for any other Guard than his Tutelary Angell.

    John Adams autobiography, part 2, "Travels, and Negotiations," 1777-1778 1961

  • The Church of Rome confidently proves the opinion of Tutelary Angels from that Answer, when Peter knockt at the

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence, that I could easily believe, that not onely whole Countries, but particular persons, have their Tutelary and Guardian Angels.

    Religio Medici 1605-1682 1923

  • Therefore for Spirits, I am so far from denying their existence, that I could easily believe, that not onely whole Countries, but particular persons, have their Tutelary and Guardian Angels.

    Paras 36-70 1909

  • The Church of Rome confidently proves the opinion of Tutelary Angels from that Answer, when Peter knockt at the Door, ’Tis not he, but his Angel; that is (might some say,) his Messenger, or some body from him; for so the Original signifies, and is as likely to be the doubtful Families meaning.

    The First Part: Paras 1-35 1909

  • Perth was formerly known as St. John's Town, from the name of the Tutelary Saint.

    The Waverley 1877

  • There was implied in them a belief in the continued existence of the spirits of the departed; and by means of them the ancestors of the kings were raised to the position of the Tutelary spirits of the dynasty; and the ancestors of each family became its Tutelary spirits.

    The Shih King From the Sacred Books of the East Volume 3 James Legge 1856

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