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divine right
English
- 🔊 the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects“the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century”
Spanish
- 🔊 derecho divino divine right
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divine right of kings
absolute power
absolutism
appurtenance
authority
birthright
claim
competence
competency
conjugal right
constituted authority
delegated authority
demand
droit
due
faculty
inalienable right
indirect authority
inherent authority
interest
jus divinum
lawful authority
legal authority
legitimacy