Tu"te*lar (?), Tu"te*la*ry (?), a. [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tut'elaire. See Tutelage.]
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.
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