Sentence examples for Divine royalty from inspiring English sources

The means of her death is uncertain, though Classical writers came to believe that she had killed herself by means of an asp, symbol of divine royalty.

Among the building's many decorative elements are the wings of Horus, the Egyptian falcon god; Ankhs, the handled cross which represents the key of life; asps, a marker of divine royalty; and a scarab above a funerary ramp on the side of the building, an Egyptian symbol of resurrection and a Masonic reference to the soul's immortality.

The divine right of royalty and the aristocracy was being questioned, and Catherine, although a "friend of the Enlightenment," had no intention of relinquishing her own privileges: "I am an aristocrat, it is my profession".

They ultimately overthrew the ancient regime of royalty and divine right, and produced the modern world.

The centuries-long move from the "divine right of kings" to a royalty of pomp without power has now come into the full glare of the world's gaze.

Classical liberalism is synonymous with a faith in reason, which had arisen out of the Enlightenment as a reaction to claims of divine rule by the clergy and royalty of the late Middle Ages.

Modern scholars regard Hengist and Horsa as horse deities venerated by pagan Anglo-Saxons, euhemerised into ancestors of Anglo-Saxon royalty, and stemming from the divine twins of Proto-Indo-European religion, with cognates in various other Indo-European cultures.

It is not forgiven by noting that royalty has always endured this because the golden – the divine – dynasty must be secured.

To still his own doubts, as well as to counteract the opposition of the Muslim divines, he obtained from the caliph in Cairo a manshūr (patent of royalty) legitimizing his authority.

The concept of divine kingship was known but rarely taken seriously, the claim to the status of the caste of royalty becoming more important.

In her enchanting atelier in Belgravia, she creates bespoke fragrances for the world's elite (think Saudi royalty and Laurent Perrier champagne)—and it's no surprise because everything she produces is divine.