Sentence examples for constitutional royal from inspiring English sources

The absolute monarchies of the 16th to 18th century were often strengthened by the establishment of nationalist churches; but from the 17th century in England and, later, in other countries, kingship was made constitutional, royal power being held to derive from the people rather than from God.

Ideologically, it stood for national independence against British domination and for constitutional government against royal autocracy.

Demands soon arose for the imposition of traditional Castilian constitutional checks on royal power.

They therefore demanded that the Polish nobility, assembled for the election of a king, explicitly define the constitutional limits of royal power before choosing the new monarch.

It has been described by constitutional lawyers as a royal "nuclear deterrent" over public policy.

She has explored every avenue to get her brother back, including royal pardons, constitutional amendments and five other kinds of reconciliation bill.

The application of the controversial veto was revealed by the Guardian last year and has been described by constitutional lawyers as "a royal nuclear deterrent".

The existence of this stratum of free smallholders gave a certain reality to the Lombard, and indeed Frankish, constitutional tradition that based royal power on the nation of free warriors at arms.

It was understandable that when the Royal Society was set up there was no democracy and no constitutional monarchy, you needed royal support, especially if you were doing something that seemed at the time a bit revolutionary.

And the government introduced a constitutional pantomime horse – a royal charter – to get round Leveson's recommendation that a bit of statute was needed to bolster the entire arrangement.

At any stage this issue could come up and surprise us and we could find parliament is less powerful than we thought it was". Charles has been asked to consent to 20 pieces of legislation and this power of veto has been described by constitutional lawyers as a royal "nuclear deterrent" that may help explain why ministers appear to pay close attention to the views of senior royals.