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Guild :: Guild (v. t.) An association of men belonging to the same class, or engaged in kindred pursuits, formed for mutual aid and protection; a business fraternity or corporation; as, the Stationers' Guild; the Ironmongers' Guild. They were originally licensed by the government, and endowed with special privileges and authority..

Security :: Security (n.) That which secures or makes safe; protection; guard; defense.

Protective :: Protective (a.) Affording protection; sheltering; defensive.

Safeguard :: Safeguard (n.) One who, or that which, defends or protects; defense; protection..

Sanctuary :: Sanctuary (n.) A sacred and inviolable asylum; a place of refuge and protection; shelter; refuge; protection.

Patron :: Patron (n.) A man of distinction under whose protection another person placed himself.

Mimicry :: Mimicry (n.) Protective resemblance; the resemblance which certain animals and plants exhibit to other animals and plants or to the natural objects among which they live, -- a characteristic which serves as their chief means of protection against enemies; imitation; mimesis; mimetism..

Fencing :: Fencing (v. i.) The aggregate of the fences put up for inclosure or protection; as, the fencing of a farm..

Calculate :: Calculate (v. i.) To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people..

Sandal :: Sandal (n.) A kind of shoe consisting of a sole strapped to the foot; a protection for the foot, covering its lower surface, but not its upper..

Protectionism :: Protectionism (n.) The doctrine or policy of protectionists. See Protection, 4..

Screen :: Screen (n.) A dwarf wall or partition carried up to a certain height for separation and protection, as in a church, to separate the aisle from the choir, or the like..

Waive :: Waive (v. t.) A woman put out of the protection of the law. See Waive, v. t., 3 (b), and the Note..

Kneecap :: Kneecap (n.) A cap or protection for the knee.

Protection :: Protection (n.) A writing that protects or secures from molestation or arrest; a pass; a safe-conduct; a passport.

Asylum :: Asylum (n.) A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege..

Defilement :: Defilement (n.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side..

Tribute :: Tribute (n.) An annual or stated sum of money or other valuable thing, paid by one ruler or nation to another, either as an acknowledgment of submission, or as the price of peace and protection, or by virtue of some treaty; as, the Romans made their conquered countries pay tribute..

Auspice :: Auspice (a.) Protection; patronage and care; guidance.

Ursuline :: Ursuline (n.) One of an order of nuns founded by St. Angela Merici, at Brescia, in Italy, about the year 1537, and so called from St. Ursula, under whose protection it was placed. The order was introduced into Canada as early as 1639, and into the United States in 1727. The members are devoted entirely to education..

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