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tutelar

/toot-l-er-ee, tyoot-/US // ˈtut lˌɛr i, ˈtyut- //UK // (ˈtjuːtɪlərɪ) //

辅导员,监护人,家教,监护权

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having the position of guardian or protector of a person, place, or thing: tutelary saint.
    • : of or relating to a guardian or guardianship.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural tu·te·lar·ies.

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

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Examples

  • The Lar or tutelary divinity of the house seems, however, to have retained his ancient place in the trium.

  • Zulus are great believers in tutelary spirits, of which each individual has one or more continually watching over him.

  • To return to the theory that totems are tutelary spirits in animal or other natural forms.

  • The Euahlayi, in Australia for instance, call tutelary spirits yunbeai; hereditary totems they call by a separate name, Dhe.

  • Thus the Thlinket, totemic on Australian primitive lines, do not regard their hereditary exogamous totems as "tutelary spirits."