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Word of the Day for Sunday, June 21, 2009tutelary \TOO-tuh-lair-ee; TYOO-\, adjective: Having the guardianship or charge of protecting a person or a thing; guardian; protecting; as, "tutelary goddesses." For the first time in history, a republic welcomed, perhaps even required, the release of the individual from tutelary powers, and in particular from religious authority. God is perceived less as a savior that cleanses one's sins than as a tutelary god who provides guidance and help. The archetypal demon of Japanese folklore had always had two faces, being not only a destructive presence but also a potentially protective and tutelary being. In its twentieth-century incarnation, then, Western imperialism assumed a tutelary capacity: its benevolent mission was to teach formerly subject peoples the Western art of self-government. Tutelary derives from Latin tutelaris, from tutela, protection, guardianship, from tutus, past participle of tueri, to look at, to regard, especially to look at with care or for the purpose of protection. It is related to tutor, to have the guardianship or care of; to teach; to instruct. | |||||||||
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