TUTELAR

custodial, tutelary, tutelar

(adjective) providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding; “daycare that is educational and not just custodial”; “a guardian angel”; “tutelary gods”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

tutelar (comparative more tutelar, superlative most tutelar)

Serving as a guardian; protective; tutelary.

Synonyms

• protective

• tutelaric (rare), tutelary

Noun

tutelar (plural tutelars)

One that is tutelary.

Synonyms

• guardian

• protector

• tutelary

Source: Wiktionary

Tu"te*lar, Tu"te*la*ry, a. Etym: [L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage.]

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition