unconditional authority
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We recognize the office and obligations of the State as temporal ruler, but we do not acknowledge in it an absolute and unconditional authority.
From Public School Education by Michael Müller
And Mr. Stirn having now got what he considered a complete and unconditional authority over all the legs and wrists of Hazeldean parish, /quoad/ the stocks, took his departure.
From My Novel — Volume 02 by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
And Mr. Stirn having now got what he considered a complete and unconditional authority over all the legs and wrists of Hazeldean parish, quoad the stocks, took his departure.
From My Novel — Complete by Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton
Carriage, speech, everything, was short, decided, and commanding, as is usual with any one accustomed to unconditional authority and command.
From Herman A Novel by E. Werner
It does not mean merely 'master,' it means 'owner,' and it suggests an unconditional authority, to which the only thing in us that corresponds is abject and unconditional submission.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
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