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jus divinum

[ yoos di-wee-noom; English juhs di-vahy-nuhm ]

noun

Latin.
  1. divine law.


jus divinum

/ ɪˈːə /

noun

  1. divine law
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of jus divinum1

from Latin
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Example Sentences

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The face of nature had not then the brand of Jus Divinum on it: ‘Like to that sanguine flower inscrib’d with woe.’

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Dr Johnson, a stickler for the jus divinum, did not relish this idea.

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To it belongs the office of church government, which is a jus divinum, and only in respect of outward form a jus humanum.

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The president of the deputies was a Mr. Joseph, whose address on the opening of the assembly, being a very quaint but clumsy exposition of jus divinum, and of its derivation to himself, cannot claim the praise of a happy adaption to the humour of the moment.

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Hi, qui diversum pronunciant, terribiliter exaggerant et exasperant jus divinum.

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