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
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
In such a nation as this, an election is equivalent to a divine decree, and irreversible.
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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
Her adjustment to the divine decree seems now to be internal, and not simply a yielding to an external power.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Snider, Denton Jaques
