Miss Godden's stylistic triumph is the placing of events within the cycles of the divine office and the liturgical year.
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Originally this would have carried the antiphonal book, for use by the cantor or precentor leading the singing of the divine office.
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Caesar's heir, Augustus, adopted both claims as evidence of his inherent fitness for office and divine approval of his rule.
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Through the principle of the divine right of kings, for example, rulers were said to hold office by the will of God.
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She said she is deeply humbled by the responsibility of upholding the nation's laws, and she asked all Americans to wish her divine guidance and wisdom in her new office.
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From George Bush's first months in office until this summer,it seemed that only divine intervention could shorten his eight-year lease on power.
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Ordination is seen as a public ceremony of recognition that a man has received and accepted a divine call, and hence is considered to be in the office of the ministry.
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Under Trajan's very capable civil and military leadership, the office of emperor was increasingly interpreted as an earthly viceregency of the divine order.
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Once appointed, office holders went through elaborate rituals to both familiarize themselves with their new duties and elevate them to a divine status.