divine decree

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The British colonizers were driven by the belief that they were entitled by divine decree and by royal declaration to live on and use the land and resources of North America.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

There is one place in the world devoted by divine decree to pure air.

From Among the Forces by Warren, Henry White

We were jealous even of the zephyr which passed over you: but when the divine decree is issued, the eye becometh blind!

From The Thousand and One Nights, Vol. I. Commonly Called the Arabian Nights' Entertainments by Anonymous

Behold well pleased 450   I seek to finish thy divine decree.

From Poetical Works of Akenside by Gilfillan, George

Ea means to say that he did not interfere with the divine decree.

From The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria by Jastrow, Morris