The Collaborative International Dictionary
Guardian \Guard"i*an\ (g[aum]rd"[i^]*an or g[aum]rd"yan; 106), a. Performing, or appropriate to, the office of a protector; as, a guardian care. Feast of Guardian Angels (R. C. Ch.) a church festival instituted by Pope Paul V., and celebrated on October 2d. Guardian angel.
The particular spiritual being believed in some branches of the Christian church to have guardianship and protection of each human being from birth.
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Hence, a protector or defender in general.
--O. W. Holmes.Guardian spirit, in the belief of many pagan nations, a spirit, often of a deceased relative or friend, that presides over the interests of a household, a city, or a region.
WordNet
n. an angel believed to have special affection for a particular individual [syn: guardian angel]
Wikipedia
Guardian spirit may refer to:
- Tutelary deity
- Guardian angel in Christianity, Islam, and Zoroastrianism
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Usage examples of "guardian spirit".
The guardian spirit in the family crypt might know, though I don't relish the idea of asking her.
There is a hot spring about a mile up the road, which the village folk claim has healing powers, and a guardian spirit.
Something I said gave him offence, and not knowing that I was anyone in particular he had me bound and cast into the river, where I remained under water for three nights and three days, till at last a guardian spirit rescued me and brought me back to Paradise.
People dance, sometimes on one leg, people fly the most amazing kites (some nine levels high, each with its own guardian spirit), people throw sanctified Frisbees painted over with patterns of perfection, groups of three hundred people or more go deep travelling in meditation together, people lie on the grass and hum for hours , .
That she stayed for love rather than for vengeance had made her a pagathi'shesh, a guardian spirit, rather than a noro'shesh, like the girl's twin.
Finally we must mention the guardian spirit of convalescence, Telesphorus, who was represented wearing a hooded cape, the costume of those who had just recovered from illness.
Unlike Cinder Ella, I remained selfish, and never met my guardian spirit.