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Tutelary - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Tutelary : adj : providing protective supervision; watching over or
safeguarding; "daycare that is educational and not just
custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods" [syn: custodial,
guardian, tutelar]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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