tutelary

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Such are the four Social or Tutelary Motives, the antagonists of the Dissocial and Self-regarding motives, which include the remainder of the catalogue.

From Moral Science; a Compendium of Ethics by Bain, Alexander

Tutelary divinities of Roman households, with the Lares and Penates, 203.

From Myths of Greece and Rome Narrated with Special Reference to Literature and Art by Guerber, H. A. (H?l?ne Adeline)

Outside the hut is the Chandaghatu, a name implying that the idol was formed of a white hare-skin, the Tutelary of the Chase and perhaps of War.

From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry

Tutelary religion, in short, is corrected through the validity of the ethical principles of justice and good-will.

From The Moral Economy by Perry, Ralph Barton

Her rank being superior to his, her children worshipped the Tutelary God of Nayau, which was a shark, and the two tribes became vei-tauvu—that is to say, of common origin.

From The Fijians A Study of the Decay of Custom by Thomson, Basil