Definitions for tutelaries

tutelaries tu·te·lar·y

Spelling: [toot-l-er-ee, tyoot-]
IPA: /ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut-/

Tutelaries is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 785 anagrams from letters in tutelaries (aeeilrsttu).

Definitions for tutelaries

noun

  1. a person who has tutelary powers, as a saint, deity, or guardian.

adjective

  1. having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing:
  2. of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.

Origin of tutelaries

1605-15; Latin tūtēlārius guardian; see tutelage, -ary

Examples for tutelaries

His master-piece was the picture of Ialysus, the tutelary hero of Rhodes, where he lived.

Piazzi called it Ceres, after the tutelary goddess of Sicily.

From this time the shoemakers have chosen them for their tutelary saints.

The tutelary of this fortress-church is the gentle patroness of music.

They were the tutelary deities of all public occasions in the town.

Perhaps a tutelary genius, invisible to us, inhabits the house.

He concluded that it was a planet, and named it Ceres , for the tutelary goddess of Sicily.

There is nothing that does not partake of that of which the missionary, or the tutelary, is the special.

The Dūma is not regarded only as an evil spirit, but also as a tutelary deity.

He has since been worshipped as the tutelary god of the Chinese tea merchants.

Word Value for tutelaries
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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