Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being or serving as a guardian or protector.
- adjective Of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.
- noun One that serves as a guardian or protector.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tutelary divinity; an animal regarded as a tutelary divinity: as, Anubis, the tutelary of sepulchers.
- Same as
tutelar .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
guardianship orprotection . - adjective Of or pertaining to
guardians - adjective Having the qualities of a
tutor . - noun A
guardian orprotector
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
Etymologies
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Examples
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The social motives may be called tutelary, as tending to restrain from mischievous intentions; but any motive may become tutelary on occasion.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 14 — Philosophy and Economics Various 1910
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But we stayed not here to see the sights -- not even the droll little statue of the Mannikin (at the corner of a street, in a most improper attitude; and there is a Group quite as unseemly in one of the Markets, so I was told, although at that time we were fain to pass them by), which Mannikin the burgesses of Bruxelles regard as a kind of tutelary Divinity, and set much greater store by than do we by our London Stone, or Little Naked Boy in Panyer Alley.
The Strange Adventures of Captain Dangerous, Vol. 2 of 3 Who was a sailor, a soldier, a merchant, a spy, a slave among the moors... George Augustus Sala 1861
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He makes the various threats be they windmills or Inquisition torture seem real and inevitable while making the whimsical and, ultimately, delusional escapades seem possible, tutelary, and entertaining.
James Scarborough: Man of La Mancha at Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2012
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He makes the various threats be they windmills or Inquisition torture seem real and inevitable while making the whimsical and, ultimately, delusional escapades seem possible, tutelary, and entertaining.
James Scarborough: Man of La Mancha at Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2012
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A succession of directors have brought together an array of materials that reflected the mind-set of its tutelary spirit.
The Kodak Fallout Richard B. Woodward 2012
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Wheeler has become a tutelary figure and almost mythic in her memory.
The Girl in the Polka Dot Dress by Beryl Bainbridge – review 2011
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He makes the various threats be they windmills or Inquisition torture seem real and inevitable while making the whimsical and, ultimately, delusional escapades seem possible, tutelary, and entertaining.
James Scarborough: Man of La Mancha at Musical Theatre West James Scarborough 2012
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But when school administrators restrict speech, acting in their tutelary and managerial capacity, they get more leeway (indeed, I would argue a bit too much leeway).
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The Gelug tradition has the Six-Armed Mahakala as a tutelary deity.
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The Gelug tradition has the Six-Armed Mahakala as a tutelary deity.
Gelug Conference 2010
brtom commented on the word tutelary
"Nay, had the hussy's scouringbrush not been her tutelary angel it had gone with her as hard as with Hagar, the Egyptian!"
Joyce, Ulysses, 14
January 20, 2007
WanderlustDreamer commented on the word tutelary
Word used in Chapter 23 of Ron Chernow's biography WASHINGTON to describe GWs outlook as the Continental Army crossed the Delaware on its way to the Battle of Trenton.
July 5, 2015