jure divino
Americanadverb
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In other writers we find the particular opinions of the individual; in Massinger it is rank republicanism; in Beaumont and Fletcher even jure divino principles are carried to excess;—but Shakespeare never promulgates any party tenets.
From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor
Did his Majesty really believe that Episcopacy only was jure divino, and that there could be no true Church without Bishops?
From The Life of John Milton Volume 3 1643-1649 by Masson, David
The monk was claiming all the estate of this cockney, and claiming it jure divino.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
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
Yet while I assert an hereditary, I by no means intend a jure divino, title to the throne.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
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