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

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

Tutelary angels are represented as pleading for mercy, with eager outstretched arms; other angels, lower down, are liberating the souls of repentant sinners from torment.

From Legends of the Madonna as Represented in the Fine Arts by Jameson, Mrs. (Anna)

Tutelary gods of our country, behold,101 behold this train of virgins suppliant to escape from slavery,102 for around our city a surge of men with waving crests is rippling, stirred by the blasts of Mars.

From Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound and the Seven Against Thebes by Buckley, Theodore Alois

At the door is the Emelgelji, the Tutelary of the Herds and Young Cattle, made of sheepskins.

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