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the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes
the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century
How To Use divine right In A Sentence
- People were punished for denying the divine right of kings, or suggesting that people should be treated equally regardless of race, gender, or religion.
- Surely she has no divine right to stay? The Sun
- At a stroke the party managers and fixers have lost their assumption of a divine right to power.
- We have no divine right to win these races. The Sun
- Philip had his advisors but he ruled as an absolute ruler and he was a firm believer in the divine right of kings - that God had appointed him as king and that as God could not make a mistake neither could Philip.
- A degree does not give you a divine right to wealth.
- No one has a divine right to success.
- Thus the claims of Paul and subsequent tsars to a divine right to rule were based on a very questionable past.
- The traditional feelings of veneration which a loyal and obedient people feel for a line of monarchs, whose origin is lost in the mists of antiquity, are such that they have turned what is in effect an evergrowing struggle against the archaic principle of divine right into a contest with clan-leaders whom they assert are acting "unconstitutionally" whenever they choose to assert the undeniable principles of the Constitution. The Fight for the Republic in China
- Being my wife doesn't give you the divine right to read my mail.
