divine polity

noun

Definitions

  1. A government or system of governance (especially of a church) said to be instituted by…

    A government or system of governance (especially of a church) said to be instituted by God.

    • The Divine polity, under which they had hitherto lived, was distasteful to the carnal affections of man: they reject the Lord God of Israel, and exclaim, “Nay, but set a king over us.”

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