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divine right

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"

Synonyms:

• 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,
• natural right,
• power,
• prerogative,
• prescription,
• presumptive right,
• pretense,
• pretension,
• proper claim,
• property right,
• regality,
• right,
• rightful authority,
• royal prerogative,
• the say,
• the say-so,
• title,
• vested authority,
• vested interest,
• vested right,
• vicarious authority