divine sanction
Example Sentences
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Sessions is effectively claiming divine sanction for the idea that people who break laws may be punished and deterred by subjecting their children to mental anguish.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2018
Mary Erickson, a member of the Episcopal clergy - appearing without official divine sanction - said a few words.
From Washington Times • May 31, 2017
A theocracy is a government run by religious authorities claiming divine sanction for their political leadership.
From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2016
It’s a trap door that opens when a divine sanction for morality loses authority.
From Salon • Nov. 24, 2015
The personal figure of the Emperor is thus encompassed with the halo of military glory, of beneficent action on the world, of a divine sanction, and of an ultimate heritage of divine honours.
From The Roman Poets of the Augustan Age: Virgil by Sellar, W. Y.
