Definition of "divine right of kings" [divine right of kings]

• Alternative form of divine right, especially regarding kings as monarchs. (noun)

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• "Here you have the root-doctrine of the divine right of kings and nobles, who have only to follow their Maker's example in their several spheres, as his blessed Majesty King George has of late been doing with his American colonies."
• "Repudiating the divine right of kings which he incorrectly traced in England to William the Conqueror, he wrote, A French bastard landing with an armed Banditti and establishing himself king of England against the consent of the natives, is in plain terms a very paltry rascally original."