royal authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofroyalandauthority
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royal
adjective
uk/ˈrɔɪ.əl/us/ˈrɔɪ.əl/
belonging or connected to a king or queen or a member of ...
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authority
noun
uk/ɔːˈθɒr.ə.ti/us/əˈθɔːr.ə.t̬i/
the moral or legal right or ability ...
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(Definition ofroyalandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofroyal authority
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The public display ofroyalauthoritywas selective and swift.
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Dramatically increasing repression in this way reflected the monarchy's determination to have provincial elites upholdroyalauthority.
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Wheneverroyalauthoritywas openly challenged, however, the monarchy responded with more coercive force than it could control.
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The religious law persists only throughroyalauthority.
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Because the socio-political order was no longer being aggressively realigned byroyalauthority, the use of force was less likely to degenerate into violence.
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Under whatroyalauthoritywould the company perform?
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Although these men potentially had significant authority in their own right, part of their strength came from an appeal toroyalauthority.
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The image of the king is studied as univocal, controlled, and controlling, as propaganda devised to sustain and enhanceroyalauthority.
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It also had a deep-seated effect on the structure of the city, creating a neighbourhood that became a symbol ofroyalauthority.
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The continuity of the traditions of popular revolt are explored alongside the implications forroyalauthorityof the official response to such unrest.
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Mightyroyalauthorityis achieved only through men.
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Cusacke argued that only those customs approved byroyalauthoritybecame part of the common law.
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Such images could express the sharedroyalauthoritymore constantly and more widely than any formal or statutory restrictions on the power of the new king.
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Royalauthorityin the play is almost farcically unstable; some of the humour is clearly intentional, though it is not certain that the anonymous author is in control.
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People say that treaties are made underroyalauthorityand refer to patronage, and so on.
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A symbol ofroyalauthority, it was used at coronations and in battles.
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