\Tu"te*lar\, Tutelary \Tu"te*la*ry\, a. [L. tutelaris:
cf. F. tut['e]laire. 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.