DIVINE RIGHT

Meaning of DIVINE RIGHT in English

( divine rights)

If someone thinks they have a divine right to something, they think that it is their right to have it, without making any effort.

A degree does not give you a divine right to wealth.

N-COUNT : usu sing

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Английский словарь Коллинз COBUILD для изучающих язык на продвинутом уровне. 2006

DIVINE RIGHT — noun Date: circa 1600 the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
DIVINE RIGHT — noun 1. : the right of a king to rule as set forth by the theory of government that his …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVINE RIGHT — king's right to rule (granted by God)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
DIVINE RIGHT — Date: circa 1600 : the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government that …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIVINE RIGHT — Function: noun Date: circa 1600 : the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
DIVINE RIGHT — [divine right] n (ca. 1600): the right of a sovereign to rule as set forth by the theory of government …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
DIVINE RIGHT — noun [ U , sing. ] 1. (in the past) the belief that the right of a king or queen …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVINE RIGHT — diˌvine ˈright BrE AmE noun [singular] 1 . the right given to a king or queen by God to rule …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIVINE RIGHT — (~s) If someone thinks they have a ~ to something, they think that it is their right to have it, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
DIVINE RIGHT — noun EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ Some bicyclists apparently think they have a divine right to ride wherever they want. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIVINE RIGHT — Synonyms and related words : absolute power, absolutism, appurtenance, authority, birthright, claim, competence, competency, conjugal right, constituted authority, delegated authority, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVINE RIGHT — божественное право, право помазанника божьего
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIVINE RIGHT — божественное право, право помазанника божьего
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
DIVINE RIGHT — божественное право, право помазанника божьего
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIVINE RIGHT — божественное право, право помазанника божьего
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
DIVINE RIGHT — божественное право, право помазанника божьего
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIVINE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) divine kingship Divine Father St. John the Divine
Английский словарь Британика
RIGHT
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVINE — I. də̇ˈvīn sometimes dēˈ- adjective ( sometimes -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English devin, divin, from Middle French, from Latin divinus, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DIVINE — (a.) Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVINE — (a.) Proceeding from God; as, divine judgments.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVINE — (a.) Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
Английский словарь Webster
DIVINE — ( v. t. ) To render divine; to deify.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVINE — ( a. ) Of or belonging to God; as, divine perfections; the divine will.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVINE — ( a. ) Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; religious; pious; holy; as, divine service; divine songs; divine worship.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
RIGHT — — rightable , adj. /ruyt/ , adj., righter, rightest , n., adv., v. adj. 1. in accordance with what is …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DIVINE — — divinable , adj. — divinely , adv. — divineness , n. /di vuyn"/ , adj., diviner, divinest , n. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
RIGHT — I. ˈrīt adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English riht; akin to Old High German reht right, Latin rectus straight, …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DIVINE — I. də-ˈvīn adjective ( di·vin·er ; -est ) Etymology: Middle English divin, from Anglo-French, from Latin divinus, from divus god …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIGHT
Webster English vocab
DIVINE — adj relating to divinity or theology. 2. divine ·adj presageful; foreboding; prescient. 3. divine ·adj one skilled in divinity; a …
Webster English vocab
DIVINE — [di.vine] adj di.vin.er ; -est [ME divin, fr. MF, fr. L divinus, fr. divus god--more at deity] (14c) 1 a: …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
RIGHT — / raɪt; NAmE / adjective , adverb , noun , verb , exclamation ■ adjective MORALLY GOOD 1. [ not …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVINE — / dɪˈvaɪn; NAmE / adjective , verb ■ adjective 1. [ usually before noun ] coming from or connected with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIGHT
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DIVINE — I. di ‧ vine 1 /dəˈvaɪn, dɪˈvaɪn/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: divin …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Английский основной разговорный словарь
DIVINE — adj., v., & n. --adj. (diviner, divinest) 1 a of, from, or like God or a god. b devoted to …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIGHT
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DIVINE — adj., v., & n. adj. (diviner, divinest) 1 a of, from, or like God or a god. b devoted to …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIGHT
Oxford English vocab
DIVINE — adj., v., & n. --adj. (diviner, divinest) 1. a of, from, or like God or a god. b devoted to …
Oxford English vocab
RIGHT — I. CORRECT, APPROPRIATE, OR ACCEPTABLE /raɪt/ ( rights, righting, righted) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DIVINE — ( divines, divining, divined) 1. You use divine to describe something that is provided by or relates to a god …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIVINE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES divine inspiration (= inspiration from God ) ▪ He prayed for divine inspiration. divine …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DIVINE — (GOD-LIKE) [adjective] [not gradable] - connected with a god, or like a godThe Ayatollah described the Iranian earthquake as a …
Cambridge English vocab
DIVINE — n. divine kingship Divine Father St. John the Divine
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
RIGHT — Synonyms and related words : Bill of Rights, Bircher, Bourbon, Christian, Declaration of Right, Epistle side, Magna Carta, Magna Charta, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DIVINE — n. Function: adjective 1 of or relating to God or a god FF1C; the divine will FF1E; Synonyms: deific, godly …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
DIVINE — I. noun Synonyms: clergyman , churchman, cleric, clerical, clerk, ecclesiastic, minister, parson, preacher, reverend II. verb Synonyms: foresee , anticipate, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Longman Activator English vocab
DIVINE — n. 25B6; adjective a divine being : GODLY, angelic, seraphic, saintly, beatific; heavenly, celestial, holy. divine worship : RELIGIOUS, holy, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIGHT — adj. 1 just, moral, good, proper, correct, legal, lawful, licit, honest, upright, righteous, virtuous, ethical, fair, true, honourable, right-minded, principled, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
DIVINE — adj. 1 godlike, godly, holy, deiform, deific, angelic, seraphic, saintly; heavenly, celestial; sacred, sanctified, hallowed, consecrated, religious, spiritual They believe …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
RIGHT — I 1. сущ. 1) право; справедливое требование (to - на что-л.); привилегия to abdicate, relinquish, renounce, sign away, waive a …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
DIVINE — 1. сущ. 1) предсказатель; прорицатель, пророк, провидец Syn : diviner, soothsayer, augur 1., prophet, seer I 2) а) духовное лицо, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
RIGHT — right.ogg _I 1. raıt n 1. правильность, правота, справедливость by right or wrong - всеми правами и неправдами to be …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
DIVINE — divine.ogg 1. dıʹvaın n 1. богослов, теолог 2. книжн. священник 2. dıʹvaın a 1. божественный; божий divine will - рел. …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIGHT
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
RIGHT — _I 1. raıt n 1. правильность, правота, справедливость by right or wrong - всеми правами и неправдами to be in …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
DIVINE — 1. dıʹvaın n 1. богослов, теолог 2. книжн. священник 2. dıʹvaın a 1. божественный; божий divine will - рел. произволение …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
RIGHT — I 1. сущ. 1) а) правота; правильность They were in the right about this historical question. — Они были правы …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DIVINE — 1. сущ. 1) уст. предсказатель; прорицатель, пророк, провидец Syn: diviner , soothsayer , augur 1., prophet , seer I 2) …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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