jure divino
Americanadverb
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That which maketh them grant so much is, because they dare not deny that presbyters have the power of ordination jure divino.
From The Works of Mr. George Gillespie (Vol. 1 of 2) by George Gillespie
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 George Gillespie
On the other hand, though he denied that episcopacy existed jure divino, he was opposed to its abolition; fearing the establishment of the Presbyterian system, which in Scotland had proved equally tyrannical.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
If I was out at sea in a boat with a jure divino monarch, and he wanted to throw me overboard, I would not let him.
From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by William Hazlitt
Several of the bishops maintained that the obligation must be /jure divino/, because the episcopate itself was /de jure divino/.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by James MacCaffrey
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