tutelary deity

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtʃuːtɪləɹi ˈdiːəti/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈtutɪlɜɹi ˈdeɪəti/ Hyphenation: tu‧te‧la‧ry de‧i‧ty === Noun === tutelary deity (plural tutelary deities) (religion) A deity, usually minor, serving as a tutelary (guardian or supporter) for a place, person, group, or activity. 1963, G[william] I[wan] Jones, “The Eastern Delta State at the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century”, in The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria, London: Published for the International African Institute by Oxford University Press, OCLC 1193785; reprinted as The Trading States of the Oil Rivers: A Study of Political Development in Eastern Nigeria: New Introduction by John C. McCall, 2nd edition, Hamburg: LIT Verlag; London: James Currey Publishers by arrangement with the International African Institute, 2000, ISBN 978-3-8258-4778-4 (Germany); ISBN 978-0-85255-918-5 (UK), page 70: The Okrika war deity was Fenibcso who was regarded as the spirit of a warrior who feared neither god nor man. The Nembe war deity was also its tutelary deity Ogidiga. Kalabari differed from all the other states in having a female tutelary deity, Owame Akaso, who prohibited homicide within her community. Her cult thus provided a very powerful sanction against civil disturbances. ==== Synonyms ==== tutelar, tutelary, genius, household god ==== Hyponyms ==== daimon, daemon, demon (Greek contexts); genius, genius loci (of a place); genius locorum (of places); household deity, genius familiae, lares and penates (of a household); genius hominis (of a person) ==== Translations ==== === See also === patron saint, guardian angel