seat of authority

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The pew was his seat of authority in The Shoe, and the only chair which fitted him comfortably and in which he could place complete confidence.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey

Which means that he felt the royal office to be sacred, as the seat of authority and government, the symbol and representative of heaven, the fountain of order: in its origin, divine.

From The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 by Morris, Kenneth

There can be no duplicate set of truth, and no double seat of authority.

From A Rational Theology As Taught by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by Widtsoe, John A.

Most of the men who fought against Edward at Crécy, especially of the obscure men, thought of Paris as the only possible seat of authority, and of the Valois as their only possible king.

From Crécy by Belloc, Hilaire

But what is the Bishop's seat of authority in doctrine?

From Outspoken Essays by Inge, William Ralph