{ } a. [ L. tutelaris: cf. F. tutélaire. See Tutelage. ] Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, tutelary goddesses. [ 1913 Webster ]
This, of all advantages, is the greatest . . . the most tutelary of morals. Landor. [ 1913 Webster ]
[わかみや, wakamiya] (n) (1) young imperial prince; (2) child of the imperial family; (3) (See 本宮) shrine dedicated to a child of the god of the main shrine; (4) (See 勧請) newly built shrine (to which a divided tutelary deity has just been transferred)#12260