noun
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Some bicyclists apparently think they have a divine right to ride wherever they want.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Anglican clergymen busied themselves with preaching up theories of divine right and non-resistance.
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At a stroke the party managers and fixers have lost their assumption of a divine right to power.
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Both acts are morally wrong - Edward should not have abused his divine right and curried favour by dishing out peerages.
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Constantine was declared to be Emperor by divine right .
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I had a divine right and a solemn duty to warn them, but failed miserably.
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James sought to reassert the divine right of kings, and Parliament combined against him.