custodial

Definition of Custodial in English :

1. custodial, tutelar, tutelary

providing protective supervision; watching over or safeguarding

Example Sentences:
'daycare that is educational and not just custodial'
'a guardian angel'
'tutelary gods'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Custodial

adjective

of custody or custodians

adj.

1. Of or relating to the work of guarding or maintaining: the custodial duties of a security guard.

2.

a. Having custody, especially of a child: "children whose custodial parent has remarried" (American Demographics).

b. Of or relating to child custody: custodial households.

3. Marked by care and supervision rather than efforts to cure: custodial treatment of terminal patients.