Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun divine_right_of_kings

1 sense of divine right of kings

Sense 1
divine right, divine right of kings -- (the doctrine that kings derive their right to rule directly from God and are not accountable to their subjects; rebellion is the worst of political crimes; "the doctrine of the divine right of kings was enunciated by the Stuarts in Britain in the 16th century")
       => doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism -- (a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school)