seat of judgment
Example Sentences
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"I do not sit in the seat of judgment... I love people for who they are. We're all God's children!"
From Fox News • Jan. 18, 2022
The University looked with disdain on popular theological conferences, where unlearned men even usurped the seat of judgment, and the Council found itself embarrassed between the friends of the old order and the new.
From The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli by Hottinger, Johann Jakob
Like a gouty parrot he hopped down from his seat of judgment, spat on the floor, limped to the window and took in the situation at a glance.
From South Wind by Douglas, Norman
Grim, four-square, inert, his very way of sitting his chair, as though it were a seat of judgment and he the interpreter of some fierce blood-law, betrayed him.
From The Silent Places by White, Stewart Edward
On the reed-grown banks of that little stream strutted no ridiculous journalism monopolising the seat of judgment when it should be apologising in the dock.
From Intentions by Wilde, Oscar
