'Tutelary' definitions:
Definition of 'tutelary'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Tutelary'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. --Landor. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'tutelary'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ancestral spirits,
- angel,
- attendant godling,
- control,
- covering,
- custodial,
- daemon,
- defensive,
- demon,
- fairy godmother,
- familiar,
- familiar spirit,
- fostering,
- genius,
- genius domus,
- genius loci,
- good angel,
- good genius,
- guardian,
- guardian angel,
- guardian spirit,
- guarding,
- guide,
- household gods,
- immunizing,
- invisible helper,
- lares and penates,
- lares compitales,
- lares familiaris,
- lares permarini,
- lares praestites,
- lares viales,
- manes,
- ministering angel,
- numen,
- parental,
- penates,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- special providence,
- totem,
- tutelar god,
- vigilant,
- watchful