Tutelary Synonyms

to͝ot'l-ər, -är', tyo͝ot'-

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Synonyms for Tutelary

protecting
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guardian
Protecting
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advisory
Able to give advice.
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custodial
Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure:
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Words Related to Tutelary

protective
Adapted or intended to afford protection.
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tutelar
Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.
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Tutelary Sentence Examples

  • He is the tutelary deity of women and presides over marriage ceremonies.

  • The Aeginetans at first contented themselves with sending the images of the Aeacidae, the tutelary heroes of their island.

  • The object of certain sacrifices is to provide a tutelary deity of a house, town or frontier.

  • If Assyria finally overthrew Israel and carried off Yahweh's shrine, Assur (Asur), the tutelary deity of Assyria, was mightier than Yahweh.

  • The assignment of genii to buildings and gates is connected with an important class of sacrifices; in order to provide a tutelary spirit, or to appease chthonic deities, it was often the custom to sacrifice a human being or an animal at the foundation of a building; sometimes we find a similar guardian provided for the frontier of a country or of a tribe.

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