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Tutelary deity

//ˈtʃuːtɪləɹi ˈdiːəti// noun

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  1. 1
    A deity, usually minor, serving as a tutelary (guardian or supporter) for a place, person, group, or activity.

    "Where had then beene the church of Durham, and the devotion of Kings to his ſepulchur? Where had then beene the tutelarie Deity against the Scotts, and the lande of the church called St. Cuthberts patrimony? How then should his holywarke folk be freed from tribute and ſervice in warre, and the Monkes of Durham fed ſoe many yeares with eaſe and fatt revenues, if now their Saint had beene entombed in the ſea, and erected his eſpicopal ſeate among the fiſhes?"

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