'authoritative position' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to refer to a role which commands respect and attention, such as a leadership position. For example, “She was known for her authoritative position in the company.”.
A marriage alliance gave the Colas an authoritative position, but Vengi remained a bone of contention.
John's authoritative position in the church after the Resurrection is shown by his visit with Peter to Samaria to lay hands on the new converts there.
Ludwig Müller, supported by the Nazis, was elected Reichsbischof ("imperial bishop") and threatened the authoritative position of the Scriptures and the confessional writings of the Reformation by tolerating the Nazi doctrine of the racial superiority of so-called Aryans.
That authoritative position is communicated simply through the display of items used in the ritual dances of Indians in the Southwest, the Great Plains, the Northwest coast and the Eastern woodlands.
The 224-page book, published as a paperback with a suggested retail price of $9, gives the Vatican's authoritative position on abortion (against), contraception (against), euthanasia (against) and biological and genetic engineering (you guessed it, against).
He might be perceived as little arrogant, but he's earned his authoritative position: he has held successive productive roles in the tech world for many years, seen it through the good times and bad and come out the other end a millionaire several times over.
Reliance on and resistance of those in authoritative positions was central to understanding the translation of trust and safety to the prison setting.
This article therefore seeks to reduce rabbinical titles, previously assumed to designate official, authoritative positions, to general designations of eminence, and ascribe a circumscribed role to scholars within their communities.
Authoritative positions of medical and administrative elites in society also hindered the public's critical appraisal of their arguments, as did the importance then attached to public health[ 113].
The research team comprised a mix of legitimate members of KNH and UoN, collaborators in the development of the CPGs and the ETAT+ course, persons in authoritative positions, an anthropologist and, a PO and facilitator with a medical background.
However, proximity and authoritative positions within the families favoured the opinions of the informal supporters and their continuous presence ensured the advice and instructions were most often followed by new parents.
