Tutelary

Adjective

 * 1) Having guardianship or protection of
 * when a minor is involved, frequently tutelary powers acompany powers of attorney
 * 1) Of or pertaining to guardians
 * those are, of course, tutelary benefits which follow the tutelary responsibilities
 * 1) Having the propensity or quality of a tutor

Quotations

 * 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.

Noun

 * 1) A guardian or protector
 * Batman served as a tutelary of Gotham City
 * 1) *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.

Thesaurus
ancestral spirits, angel, attendant godling, control, covering, custodial, daemon, defensive, demon, fairy godmother, familiar, familiar spirit, fostering, genius, genius domus, genius loci, good angel, good genius, guardian, guardian angel, guardian spirit, guarding, guide, household gods, immunizing, invisible helper, lares and penates, lares compitales, lares familiaris, lares permarini, lares praestites, lares viales, manes, ministering angel, numen, parental, penates, preventive, prophylactic, protecting, protective, safeguarding, screening, sheltering, shielding, special providence, totem, tutelar god, vigilant, watchful

Etymology
From the Latin tutelarius "guardian" from tutela "protection"

Adjective

 * French:

Noun

 * French: tutélaire

Related terms

 * tutor
 * tutelage