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tutelary

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tu⋅te⋅lar⋅y

  [toot-l-er-ee, tyoot-] adjective, noun, plural -lar⋅ies.
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–adjective
1. having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing: tutelary saint.
2. of or pertaining to a guardian or guardianship.
–noun
3. a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.
Also, tu⋅te⋅lar  [toot-l-er, tyoot-] .

Origin:
1605–15; < L tūtēlārius guardian; see tutelage, -ary
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tu·te·lar·y   (tōōt'l-ěr'ē, tyōōt'-)   
adj.  

  1. Being or serving as a guardian or protector: tutelary gods.

  2. Of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.

n.   pl. tu·te·lar·ies also tu·te·lars
One that serves as a guardian or protector.

[From Latin tūtēlārius, guardian, from tūtēla, tutelage; see tutelage.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

tutelary 
1611, from L. tutelarius "a guardian," from tutela "protection, watching" (see tutor).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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