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divine right
noun
The Christian doctrine that monarchs have a God-given right to rule, that they are answerable only to God, and that rebellion is sinful.
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Absolutism and divine right were under attack.
So did the divine right of kings.
It's the divine right of Kims".
America does not lead by divine right.
(Imagine the marketing possibilities for a perfume called Divine Right).
Morocco, for instance, is a monarchy ruled by divine right.
The ruling Bushongo chief is king by divine right.
Does he cling to a divine right of misery?
Theirs is the divine right of secular kings.
They don't have a Divine Right to be there".
"They don't have a divine right, and they are wrong".
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