L., abl. of jūs right; in phr. jure divino by divine right (see DIVINE a. 2); hence juredivinist, a believer in the divine right of kings; jure-divinoship (nonce-wd.).
1663. Sir G. Mackenzie, Relig. Stoic, vi. (1685), 51. The sole jure-divinoship of all Ecclesiastic Rites.
1681. [T. Flatman], Heraclitus Ridens (1713), I. 237. All your Bishops, and Tantivy Clergymen,… your Jure Divinists, who have renounced the Covenant.
1749. Fielding, Tom Jones, II. i. A jure divino tyrant.
