Y: But he had no authority over them,- except that We might test the man who believes in the Hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it: and thy Lord doth watch over all things.
S: And he has no authority over them, but that We may distinguish him who believes in the hereafter from him who is in doubt concerning it; and your Lord is the Preserver of all things.
S: Surely (as for) My servants, you have no authority over them; and your Lord is sufficient as a Protector.
One inauthority over others; a chief; usually, an overseer or boss.
To place (some one) in authority over; as, to put a general over a division of an army.
That the legislation of the king was of no authority over a jury, is further proved by the oath taken by the kings at their coronation.
This consideration is sufficient, of itself, to prove that the laws of the king were of no authority over a jury, in either civil or criminal cases, unless the juries regarded the laws as just in themselves.
All through life Shelley valued men for their worth, and honoured superior men ungrudgingly for their superiority, provided they were not placed in authority over him, or had not provoked him to antagonism.
Even in her naughtiest humours she was gentle in speech and bearing to her classmates, and not devoid of frigid decorum to those who were in authority over her.
Neither of their parents seem to have suspected their extreme precocity; and there is no doubt that Beth suffered seriously in after life from the mistakes of those in authority over her at this period.
While she was in this mood she was particularly provoking to those in authority over her.
When you find a woman's diction at fault, never gird at her for want of intelligence, but at those in authority over her in her youth, who thought anything in the way of education good enough for a girl.
The Greeks planted colonies, and neither demanded nor pretended any authority over them, but they became distinct independent commonwealths.
Dalrymple will hold himself oblig’d to march the King’s troops under his command out of that fort, in obedience to the orders of one who has no authority over them?
When did any sane man conclude that our Saviour's voluntary payment of a tax acknowledged the rightfulness of Rome's authority over Judea?
And "second, the assumption of authority over a given area and all within it, exercised generally for the double purpose of more complete oppression of its subjects and extension of its boundaries.
And though never has executioner dipped his hand in our blood, have no shame of it, my friend; for the judgment of heretics who have no authority over me, a free queen, is profitable in the sight of God to the children of His Church.
Man has no original and underived legislative power, and one man has in and of himself no authority over another; for all men by the law of nature are equal, and have equal rights, and among equals no one has the right to govern.
I would rather consider you obedient in all things, and encourage you in holding on your way, obeying the will of God, and the word of all in authority over you.
You have never disobeyed your parents, or your teachers, or any who have been placed in authority over you, without being uncomfortable and unhappy!
I was minded to blurt out the fact that she was not my niece at all; that I had no authority over her in any way.
I said that--I said that, although of course I had no shadow of authority over you, I did care for your happiness.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "authority over" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
