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 old Roman adage, Vox populi, vox dei, is a recognition of public opinion as the ultimate seat of authority.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
The true seat of authority is within, not without, the human soul.
From The New Theology by Campbell, R. J. (Reginald John)
In theory, during a vacancy in the principate, the Senate was the ultimate seat of authority, and the new emperor received his prerogatives by a decree of the Senate.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
We have seen its seat of authority at Quebec, at New Orleans, at Cincinnati, at Vincennes, and finally at Kaskaskia.
From Something of Men I Have Known With Some Papers of a General Nature, Political, Historical, and Retrospective by Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing)
