divine right English

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divine right

— noun (= divine right of kings) 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 the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century

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divine right of kings