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 Roman Catholic laity have often subsequently rejected what they have considered to be undue political dictation from the seat of authority in Rome.

From The Framework of Home Rule by Childers, Erskine

In a small chair drawn up beside Mr. Darling's revolving seat of authority, his elbow on his knee, his chin supported by his fist, he studied the map.

From The Side Of The Angels A Novel by King, Basil

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 Stewart, Charles D.

Every advent of his universal principles to a wider conflict or a higher seat of authority, is a true coming of the Son of Man.

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville