Similar words: divine right, right of way, right off the bat, right on, divine, lose sight of, catch sight of, flight of steps. Meaning: n. the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes.
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1. James sought to reassert the divine right of kings, and Parliament combined against him.
2. People used to believe in the divine right of kings.
3. Louis believed strongly in the divine right of kings, saying that he was the sun and that his courtiers and France should revolve around him like planets.
4. People were punished for denying the divine right of kings, or suggesting that people should be treated equally regardless of race, gender, or religion.
5. And from the point of view of the royalists, and especially King James I, these marginal comments often did not pay sufficient respect to the idea of the divine right of kings.
6. Locke provided English Whigs with rhetorical ammunition against the idea of the Divine Right of Kings in their revolt against James II.
7. The one is the common right of humanity, and the other the divine right of kings.
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