Temples were erected to him as the tutelar deity of vineyards and gardens, to defend them from thieves and from birds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference

It was a species of brief elegy to the memory of Turenne, whom the French soldier still regarded as his tutelar genius.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 55, No. 339, January, 1844] Reference

Those which they call their tutelar deities shall be no protection to them.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi)] Reference

The tutelar deity of the Mexicans was Huitzilopochtli.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference

He is the apostle of one, and the tutelar deity of another.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners] Reference

The horticultural tribe located at Cholula had Quetzalcohuatl for their tutelar deity.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference

Since I have come to the conclusion that they are idols of the tutelar divinity of Troy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life] Reference

She was properly the divinity of shepherds, and the tutelar deity and protectress of their flocks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference

We use the word “genius” indifferently in speaking of the tutelar demon of a town of antiquity, or an artist, or a musician.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Philosophical Dictionary] Reference

Huitzilopochtli, the tutelar deity of Mexico; Camaxtli, the tutelar deity of Tlaxcala; Quetzalcohuatl, the tutelar deity of Cholula.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Prehistoric World; or, Vanished races] Reference

In general they were considered as the tutelar goddesses of sacred festivals and banquets, and the patronesses of polite and useful arts.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference

Tunis to Malta, put back by stress of weather, two sheep were sacrificed to some tutelar saints, and two guns were fired in their honour.    From Wordnik.com.  [Travels in Morocco] Reference

Lobkowitz, the tutelar genius of unhappy persons, he was accustomed to convey to the prince the requests of those who wished to obtain some favor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 4, 1919] Reference

He is the tutelar patron of the Swiss canton of Glaris, who carry in their coat of arms his picture in the Benedictin habit, though he was not of that order.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

This probably gave rise to the belief of national and tutelar gods, as well as the practice of worshipping gods through the medium of statues cut into human form.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference

Osiris became after that the tutelar deity of the Egyptians.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Age of Fable] Reference

Caesar too easily consented to assume, during his lifetime, a place among the tutelar deities of Rome.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference

Praetorian camp, as his only refuge, and threw himself on the ground before the statues of the tutelar deities.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 1] Reference

The Byzantines afterwards transported these columns into the city, and used them for the altars of their tutelar deities.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference

Lately up have I them graben, and likewise his tutelar Sphynx have found, and have even to give signs of animation compelled. '.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Two Sides of the Shield] Reference

According to Appian, he was but twenty-eight years of age when he was ranked among the tutelar Divinities by all the cities of the empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Metamorphoses of Ovid Literally Translated into English Prose, with Copious Notes and Explanations] Reference

The solemn rites of sacrifice were decently prepared by the inhabitants of Batnae, who seemed attached to the worship of their tutelar deities.    From Wordnik.com.  [History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2] Reference

In the square where the market is held, near the pier, is a tolerably elegant marble obelisk in honour of our Lady of Candelaria, the tutelar goddess of the place.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders] Reference