Synonyms for tutelary
ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut-; -l ərtute·la·ry

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1. custodial, tutelary, tutelaradjective

   providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

   "daycare that is educational and not just custodial"; "a guardian angel"; "tutelary gods"

   Synonyms:
   tutelar, custodial

   Antonyms:
   unprotective

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1. tutelaryadjective

   Synonyms:
   protecting, guardian, guarding

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1. List of paraphrases for "tutelary":

   guardianship, trusteeship, educational

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1. Alexis de Tocqueville:

   ... above this race of men stands an immense and tutelary power, which takes upon itself alone to secure their gratifications, and to watch over their fate. That power is absolute, minute, regular, provident, and mild. It would be like the authority of a parent, if, like that authority, its object was to prepare them for manhood; but it seeks, on the contrary, to keep them in perpetual childhood...