Meaning of tutelarity | Babel Free
ˌtjuːtəˈlæɹɪtiDefinitions
The condition or state of being tutelar or tutelary; guardianship, protection.
Examples
“Now we will consider⟳ reasons or arguments against astrology. […] The first is from the concession of the Friends of Astrology. They grant that either of these four may prevent⟳ the predictions of astrology; namely, either the prudence of a moral wise man, or the piety of a godly man, or the tutelarity of angels, or the providence of God over-ruling all things; […]”
“The identification of the Bardic Crist Celi with the Bardic Moses, with a view⟳ to blending both religions in one scheme of magic, has been illustrated in the just cited pages of the Neo-Druidic Heresy. […] The words Gwledig Moysen shew us that the Moses of this spurious Israel was himself its tutelary deity; and he is not different from the Crist Gwledig. But that epithet designates the Being spoken of, in respect⟳ of his local tutelarity, and not of his more general attributes as a Person of the Trindawd.”
“They [bankers] would do what has been done by the Bank of France—buy⟳ bullion at a premium, on the approach⟳ of danger, and keep⟳ peril at a safe and respectable distance. Any expenditure that might be incurred for that purpose would be small indeed when contrasted with the immense loss and suffering caused by the present⟳ system, and the continual fear in which the public now live⟳ of some new crisis—because it has been out of one and into another for a long period now; and that will be the case hereafter, until we have⟳ no interval to gather strength, and recruit for the next struggle⟳ with Mammon, or Moloch, or whatever other name⟳ of evil import belongs to the "Tutelarity" of Lombard-street and its precincts.”
“A clear attempt⟳ by the outgoing authoritarian regime to establish⟳ the institutional and organizational basis for exercising military tutelarity over the democratic process⟳ occurred in the Chilean transition.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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