{ } a. [ L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage. ] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. [ 1913 Webster ]
This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
[わかみや, wakamiya](n) (1) young imperial prince; (2) child of the imperial family; (3) (See 本宮) shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; (4) (See 勧請) newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)#12260[Add to Longdo]
[かんじょう, kanjou](n, vs) (1) praying for the coming of a deity; (2) (See 分霊) ceremonial transfer of a divided tutelary deity to a new location[Add to Longdo]
[はつみやまいり, hatsumiyamairi](n) (See 宮参り) first visit of a child to the shrine of its tutelary deity (usu. when the child is about 30 days old)[Add to Longdo]