Sentence examples for of their authority from inspiring English sources

He stripped the bishops' conferences of their authority.

Investiture was the outward symbol of their authority.

"They're worried they might lose some of their authority.

"That is the mystic foundation of their authority.

They helped give the priests and the ruling class much of their authority.

His successors, the caliphs, used his minbar as a symbol of their authority.

But Chinese officials, eager to crush even the most reasonable questioning of their authority, acted unreasonably.

A takeover would strip local officials of their authority to spend and borrow money.

For them to surrender any of their authority, the appropriators declared, would hamper oversight.

But it would strip the local boards of most of their authority.

"All these things have to do with the questioning of their authority".