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tutelar
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tutelar, a. [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. 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." [1913 Webster]
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