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
Ensconced upon the more altitudinous seat of authority he swung his lash out with a report like a starting-gun and made his way, with the necessary language, across the open and up Claxton Road.
From The Wrong Woman by Charles D. Stewart
As the seat of authority it stood at the head of the lord’s table, on his dais, by the side of his bed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 7 "Cerargyrite" to "Charing Cross" by Various
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
She was in the seat of authority, the one with its back to the windows and its face to the door, from whence she could see what everybody did, especially Amanda.
From Christopher and Columbus by Elizabeth
