jure divino
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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His arrival strengthened the hands of those Spanish bishops who were insisting on having it defined that the obligation of episcopal residence was /de jure divino/.
From History of the Catholic Church from the Renaissance to the French Revolution — Volume 1 by MacCaffrey, James
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 Hazlitt, William
The respicere finem of the unlettered appears oftentimes to be jure divino.
From Belford's Magazine, Volume II, No. 8, January, 1889 by Various
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
Nor indeed have a jure divino and an hereditary right any necessary connexion with each other; as some have very weakly imagined.
From Commentaries on the Laws of England Book the First by Blackstone, William, Sir
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