Defn: Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.
A rising against civil or political authority, or the established government; open and active opposition to the execution of law in a city or state.
Government of a state by the immediate direction or administration of God; hence, the exercise of political authority by priests as representing the Deity.
Rising in opposition to civil or political authority, or against an established government; insubordinate; rebellious.
Many men who have been least scrupulous in the acquisition of power have been most beneficent in the use of it, whether the power they aimed at and won was that of wealth, political authority, or what not.
Their royal functions are of a purely mystic or spiritual order; they have no political authority; they are simple peasants, living by the sweat of their brow and the offerings of the faithful.
That murder, though the most frequent crime of early culture, should not be penalized by political authority until so late a period, is directly due to the fact that it has its origin in the strife of individuals.
The right of government to govern, or political authority, is derived by the collective people or society, from God through the law of nature.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "political authority" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
