Category:Tutelar

Tu"te*lar, tu"te*la*ry, a. Etym: [l. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.]

Defn: 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.