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
What possibility could there have been of reversing the divine decree?
From Reason, The Only Oracle of Man Or a Compendius System of Natural Religion by Allen, Ethan
He reconciled free-will and necessity by representing the divine decree not as temporarily antecedent, but as immediately related to the action of the created will.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 8 "Dubner" to "Dyeing" by Various
The Council, so to speak, of “headmen” accept the divine decree, and the assembled tribe pass the Act.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
The priests of such a temple would be exempt, by divine decree, from the rule of yearly travel.
From Temple Trouble by Piper, H. Beam
