protectory

noun

1. A charitable institution dedicated to the support and protection of orphans or vulnerable children.

   “Thus, in its work with destitute children, the protectory did everything it could to keep families together.”

   “Newly ordained priest Fr. Nelson H. Baker was assigned to the parish in 1876 During his time as pastor, Father Baker oversaw the construction of a protectory, infant home, hospital, trade school, and Our Lady of Victory Basilica.”

   “An expression of the rise of twentieth-century Jewish ethnic politics, the tenacious commitment Marshall displayed on behalf of a project like the protectory has been unjustifiably ignored by historical scholarship.”

adj

1. Acting as a protector; protective.

   “The fourth chapter is devoted to steady-state protectory systems that counteract ozone and other reactive oxygen species.”

   “Further, serotonin itself (Roshchina 2001a) and its derivatives, such as melatonin (Posmyk and Janas 2009), may also play a protectory role as antioxidants in various plants.”

   “Although the Habsburgs were also granted capitulations in 1616, which included articles concerning the Catholics in the empire, it was the French who assumed the protectory role for the missions and other Catholics, partly because of the displomatic status quo.”