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
It is Asshur that shall do more for the realization of that divine decree first revealed by Moses.
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions. Vol. 2 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
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
Moreover, it is certain that I am not a champion of religion by the law of Nature, that is, by the divine decree.
From The Philosophy of Spinoza by Ratner, Joseph
Drawn by fire-winged cherubim, he sweeps into view, and voices, in no uncertain tone, his dissatisfaction with the divine decree.
From Vondel's Lucifer by Vondel, Joost van den
