| This absolute pardon power comes from the divine right of kings, that kings can do no wrong. |
| Chinese political theory, for example, never accepted the divine right of kings, as did the Europeans. |
| She took a high view of her royal prerogative, and held as robust a belief in the divine right of kings as her father and successor. |
| High churchmen flourished under the later Stuarts because of their insistence on the divine right of kings. |
| The divine right of kings was a short-lived political theory, swept under by rival theories in early modern times. |
| That sure smacked of the divine right of kings and condemnation of the rebels of the Puritan revolution. |
