Vocabulary Word
Word: tutelary
Definition: protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities
Definition: protective; pertaining to a guardianship; Ex. tutelary deities
Sentences Containing 'tutelary'
Thus, then, one of our own noble stamp, even a whaleman, is the tutelary guardian of England; and by good rights, we harpooneers of Nantucket should be enrolled in the most noble order of St. George.
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