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divine right of kings
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divine right of kings
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(Historical Terms) History the concept that the right to rule derives from God and that kings are answerable for their actions to God alone
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Noun1.divine right of kings - the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes; "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century"
divine right
doctrine, ism, philosophical system, philosophy, school of thought - a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
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The Divine Right of the public thus goes farther than the Divine Right of kings.
Every man a God-king: the danger of popular sovereignty by McCarthy, Daniel / The American Conservative
The English revolution of 1688 ended the divine right of kings and established the supremacy of Parliament over the executive.
The price we pay for preserving democracy by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
The modern, "secular" idea of state sovereignty, first articulated as "the divine right of kings," was a response to and a mirror image of these papal claims.
Law and counsel by Hancock, Ralph C. / Modern Age
 
 
 
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