tutelar
tu·te·lar
adjective
1.
providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding
- “daycare that is educational and not just custodial”
- “a guardian angel”
- “tutelary gods”
Origin
From Latin tūtelāris, from tūtēla (“tutelage, guardianship; dependent, client”) + -āris (suffix used to form an adjective, usually from a noun, indicating a relationship or a pertaining to).
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