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
The words, "To make know," etc., indicate that the making refers, in the meantime, only to the divine decree.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
Moreover, it is certain that I am not a champion of religion by the law of Nature, that is, by the divine decree.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
It was T’ai-po Chin-hsing, who was the bearer of a divine decree, which he handed to Miao Shan.
From Myths and Legends of China by Werner, E. T. C. (Edward Theodore Chalmers)
It is the first divine decree, issuing from love and help.
From Home Again by MacDonald, George
