prōtectĭo

ōnis, f.

protego

I. a covering over; trop., a protecting, protection (postclass.): fidei, Tert. Fug. in Persec. 2: armorum, Ambros. Serm. 8: Dei, Vulg. Psa. 90, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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