seat of authority
Example Sentences
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The pew was his seat of authority in The Shoe, and the only chair which fitted him comfortably and in which he could place complete confidence.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
The ancient Rhenish town of Worms was during the great migrations the seat of authority of the Burgundian invaders, an east Germanic stock.
From Legends of the Rhine by Wilhelm Ruland
The clever maiden had already learned where lies the real seat of authority.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
There is a pleasing anecdote of Themistocles, told us by Plutarch, which shows where in his household lay the seat of authority.
From Greek Women by Mitchell Carroll
It generally argues some degree of natural impotence of mind, or some want of knowledge of the world, to hazard plans of government, except from a seat of authority.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 02 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
