Tū'te-lar or Tū'te-la-ry, a.

a. [Lat. tutelaris, Fr. tutélaire, Sp. tutelar, It. tutelare. See supra.] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary genii; tutelary goddesses.

This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor.