tutelary
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From the Latin tutelarius "guardian" from tutela "protection"
Adjective [edit]
tutelary (comparative more tutelary, superlative most tutelary)
- Having guardianship or protection.
- when a minor is involved, frequently tutelary powers acompany powers of attorney
- Landor
- This, of all advantages, is the greatest […] the most tutelary of morals.
- 1835, Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, chapter 6
- Above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications and to watch over their fate.
- Of or pertaining to guardians
- those are, of course, tutelary benefits which follow the tutelary responsibilities
- Having the qualities of a tutor.
Quotations [edit]
- 1891 — Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, Ch XXIX
- She loved him so passionately, and he was so godlike in her eyes; and being, though untrained, instinctively refined, her nature cried for his tutelary guidance.
Translations [edit]
having guardianship of
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Noun [edit]
tutelary (plural tutelaries)
- A guardian or protector
- Batman served as a tutelary of Gotham City
- 1920 — F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise, Book I
- At St. Regis' Amory stayed three days and took his exams with a scoffing confidence, then doubling back to New York to pay his tutelary visit.
Translations [edit]
a guardian
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