jus divinum

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

noun

, Latin.

1. divine law.

jus divinum

/ dɪˈviːnəm /

noun

1. divine law

Word History and Origins

Origin of jus divinum¹

from Latin

Example Sentences

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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