tutelary deity

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deity
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdeɪ.ɪ.ti/us
/ˈdiː.ə.t̬i/
a god ...
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(Definition ofdeityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Gambrinus is sometimes erroneously called a patron saint, but he is neither a saint nor atutelarydeity.
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Sacred rituals are performed at the shrine room of thetutelarydeity.
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Family members go to the shrine room of theirtutelarydeityfor a service.
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One type oftutelarydeityis the "genius," the personal deity or "daimon" of an individual from birth to death.
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The shrine is the sacred icon, thetutelarydeityof the city and the province.
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It is worshiped as thetutelarydeityof the town.
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Other ceremonies consist of chopping up an ash gourd painted with the face of the devil at the shrine house of thetutelarydeity.
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This is similar totutelarydeityworshiped in other parts of world.
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After his death he is raised to the position of atutelarydeityof the land, for his many services to agriculture and cattle-breeding.
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Moreover, he was in charge of the family religious rites to tutelary deities and the ancestral tablets.
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Tutelary deities were also attached to sites of a much smaller scale, such as storerooms, crossroads, and granaries.
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They were also worshipped as village tutelary deities.
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Frescoes inside the tombs depict four tutelary deities.
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These deities may be part of a pantheon, or different regions may have tutelary deities.
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Each town or city had one or more tutelary deities, whose protection was considered particularly vital in time of war and siege.
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The title, if interpreted as it sometimes is to mean tutelary deities, offers an apt context.
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