spiritual authority
collocation in Englishmeaningsofspiritualandauthority
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spiritual
adjective
uk/ˈspɪr.ɪ.tʃu.əl/us/ˈspɪr.ə.tʃu.əl/
relating to deep feelings and beliefs, especially ...
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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 ofspiritualandauthorityfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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Writing with great flair, she depicts him in the round, with all his defects as well as his immensespiritualauthority.
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As his moral andspiritualauthoritygrew, he became recognized as one of the foremost leaders of his people.
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He shows convincingly that from the mid-fourth century onwards these radical ascetics were competing with the ecclesiastical hierarchy forspiritualauthorityand material wealth.
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Yet the gendered structures ofspiritualauthoritydid not allow for total spatial separation of nuns and male clergy.
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Wonders are signs used for legitimizing thespiritualauthorityof saints.
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The making and promotion of urban saints repeatedly illustrates the successful borrowing by secular civil governors of a cloak ofspiritualauthority.
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Grounded in a unique people and imbued with moral andspiritualauthority, the organic nation clearly legitimated the national state that faced secession.
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So it was able to accrue considerable material wealth, which was widely used both to serve the poor and to secure material andspiritualauthorityfor its officers.
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Even if religious leaders do aspire to play a role in government, they find it difficult to acquire political power on the basis of a purelyspiritualauthority.
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His concerns echo the concerns of those in another place, who speak withspiritualauthority.
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I have not found anyspiritualauthorityto justify a different decision.
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It seems quite right that the temporal authority should have precedence in temporal matters and that thespiritualauthoritymust have precedence in spiritual matters.
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Bishops are after all, in a position in which they can use theirspiritualauthority.
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No one has the political mandate:,spiritualauthorityor denominational requirement to do that.
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The necessary consents are reduced: the consent of the bishop as the supremespiritualauthorityis maintained, but the patron loses his veto.
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Convocation is summoned by the archbishop, who is aspiritualauthority.
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It has no other thanspiritualauthority.
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We do not want the intrusion ofspiritualauthorityin temporal affairs any more than we want the intrusion of temporal authority into what are spiritual matters.
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The former had thespiritualauthority, which was identified with auctoritas, while the latter had temporal power, identified with potestas.
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So the chapter loses gradually its rights to preserve only a moral andspiritualauthority.
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