Sentence examples for had legitimized from inspiring English sources

But he refused Pope Pius II's demand that he abolish the Compactata, which had legitimized the Utraquist party.

Mr. Langner is among the experts who expressed fear that the attack had legitimized a new form of industrial warfare, one to which the United States is also highly vulnerable.

The planners were also acutely aware of the political effects of the Depression, which had legitimized authoritarianism of both the left and the right, so they established the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to ensure economic stability.

Any change in attitudes to our natural surroundings which stood the chance of widespread acceptance, he argued, would have to resonate and have some continuities with the very tradition which had legitimized our destructive practices.

Since the reign of Tiberius, the rulers of the Julio-Claudian dynasty had legitimized their power largely through direct descendence from Augustus and Julius Caesar.

"In countries around the world where they have legitimized same-sex marriage, marriage itself is de-legitimized," Stam told reporters at a news conference.

By continuing aid, we have legitimized the coup that ousted Mohamed Morsi.

He has argued that the Serbian Republic's very existence has legitimized genocide.

Such a condition would have legitimized the protesters as an internationally recognized party in talks.

This is music of beauty but of a kind the Romantic era would hardly have legitimized.

Saturday night also might have legitimized Suh as a rare defensive candidate for the Heisman Trophy.