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tutelary

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈtjuːtɪləɹɪ/Part of speech adjectiveSorted aelrttuyStarts with TEnds with Y0 clues
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Definitions

  1. providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

Word origin

From Latin tūtēlārius (“guardian”), from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -ārius (suffix denoting an agent of use); analysable as tutelar + -ary.

Used in a sentence

  • When a minor is involved, tutelary powers frequently accompany powers of attorney.
  • [T]he goat-herd lived / As calmly, underneath the pleasant brows / Of cool Lucretilis, where the pipe was heard / Of Pan, Invisible God, thrilling the rocks / With tutelary music, from all harm / The fold protecting.
  • In Antwerp, for instance, as late as the sixteenth century Priapus was the tutelary god of the city.

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