tutelary
pronunciation
How to pronounce tutelary in British English:
UK ['tju:tɪlərɪ]
How to pronounce tutelary in American English:
US ['tjutˌleri]
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- Adjective:
- providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
Word Origin
- tutelary (adj.)
- 1610s, from Late Latin tutelarius "a guardian," from Latin tutela "protection, watching" (see tutor (n.)).
Example
- 1. Brazil 's democratic constitution gives the army vague tutelary powers .
- 2. The gloomy family of care and distrust shall be banished from our dwelling , guarded by the kind and tutelary deity .
- 3. On the one hand , country ceremony for a tutelary deity developed to folk drama .
- 4. Procurator system isasign of law rule , andpublic prosecutor is also called law tutelary .
- 5. In china , lion is a symbol of power , magnificent , and loyal guardian . Stone lions outside temples are usually treated as a tutelary god .