jure divino
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Item integritas confessionis de jure divino est, et tamen poenitens deberet peccatum silere, si intelligeret confessarium cui ex necessitate confiteri deberet grave ex eo scandalum passurum.
From Moral Theology A Complete Course Based on St. Thomas Aquinas and the Best Modern Authorities by Callan, Charles Jerome
As for Solomon's putting of Zadok in the room of Abiathar, it maketh as little against us, for Zadok did fall to the place jure divino.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by Gillespie, George
"That the calling and making of ministers are not jure divino, but a minister comes to be so as a merchant, bookseller, carter, and such like."
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
For the jure divino of the English Episcopate he cared as little as Oliver had ever done for the jure divino of the English Crown.
From Andrew Marvell by Morley, John
Nolumus esse auctores divortii, cum conjugium cum jure divino non pugnet.
From The History of Freedom by Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron
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