divine right

noun

/dɪˌvaɪn ˈraɪt/

[uncountable, singular]

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(in the past舊時) the belief that the right of a king or queen to rule comes directly from God rather than from the agreement of the people（舊時的）君權神授說
- the old idea of the divine right of kings君權神授的舊觀念
CultureThe last king in Britain to rule completely according to this belief, known as the divine right of kings, was Charles I. After the English Civil War the idea was gradually replaced by constitutional monarchy.
Topics Politicsc2
a right that somebody thinks they have to do something, without needing to ask anyone else（自認爲）應有的權利，天賦的權利
- No player has a divine right to be in this team.沒有哪名選手天生就有權待在這個隊裏。