tutelary

Even the warning that a concert is about to begin isn’t the usual docile bells, but a spreading roar of electronics from “Répons” by Pierre Boulez, a tutelary spirit here for decades.

From New York Times ● Jun. 14, 2022

This year’s Cannes selection was unveiled under a revered image, almost a tutelary deity.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 18, 2019

In an ideal world, our entertainment would not have to be tutelary, would not need to “set a good example.”

From Slate ● Apr. 18, 2019

Having no children of his own, Guadagnino has fallen into a tutelary role toward the young people in his life.

From The New Yorker ● Oct. 8, 2018

Its tutelary god was a son of Ea of Eridu, and had been worshipped at Eridu long before his cult was carried northward to Babylon.

From The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia by Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry)

Overhead the great mountains shot up their craggy heads, blasted into a score of fantastic shapes, frowning down upon the barbarous scene like grim tutelaries of destruction.

From Golden Face A Tale of the Wild West by Mitford, Bertram

The most efficacious tutelaries are tantric forms of the Dhyâni Buddhas, especially Vajrasattva, Vajradhara and Amitâyus.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

A second class of tutelaries is composed of so-called Buddhas, accompanied by Śaktis and terrific in aspect, who are manifestations of the Buddhahood for special purposes.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Eliot, Charles, Sir

The Doctor saw the force of the retort: my two tutelaries will see it by this time.

From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene

The enquirer finds a similar difficulty when he tries in the twentieth century to identify rural deities, or even the tutelaries of many great temples, with any personages recognized by the canonical literature.

From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 1 by Eliot, Charles, Sir