An article published in Harvard Men’s Health Watch in 2012 shows heavy coffee drinkers live longer. The researchers examined data from 400,000 people and found out that men who drank six or more coffee cups per day had a 10% lower death rate.
TUTELARY
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
tutelary (comparative more tutelary, superlative most tutelary)
Relating to guardianship or protection.
Of or pertaining to a guardian.
Having the qualities of a tutor.
Synonyms
• tutelar
• tutelaric (rare)
Noun
tutelary (plural tutelaries)
(religion, chiefly paganism) A deity or spirit serving as a guardian or protector of a place, person, culture, etc.; a tutelar, a tutelary deity.
Synonyms
• tutelar
• tutelary deity
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
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