Nor could government and its flawed inhabitants usurp divine authority by harnessing politics to the church.
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Mr. Rivers worried that the corporal's father would see him as trying to usurp his role.
Who was this Sonny Werblin to usurp the Church of Halas and snatch the boy away?
The secular opposition accuses Mr Morsi of seeking to usurp power - a charge he denies.
Egypt's secular opposition accuses President Morsi of seeking to usurp power - a charge he denies.
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Despite the defeat, Querrey is certain to usurp John Isner as the U.S.'s top-ranked male tennis player.
But with privatisation looming - possibly this year - are other colours set to usurp the familiar red?
For the president to make these quintessentially legislative judgments on his own would usurp power on an enormous scale.
My thought was the Ray agenda was to first usurp Frank Gibeau and then later John Riccotello as CEO.
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"In three or four years, you'll see another carrier come out with new seats to usurp United, " he says.
Should South Africa win at the Waca, they will usurp Australia at the top of the one-day team world rankings.
But even if it could usurp the dollar's role as the world's currency, it will not replicate the American set-up.
It should not force the president to usurp one of its powers.
Despite his heroics, it failed to usurp leader Adam Scott, who carded a second round of 65 to go to 10 under.
Not that any Western nations or group thereof would actively try to usurp Putin, but the anti-Putin bias certainly colors their views and actions.
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But Woods, now 36, seems much happier in competition with McIlroy despite the 23-year-old being poised to usurp him as Nike's biggest golf endorsement.
World number one Rafael Nadal is searching for his fifth consecutive title to usurp Borg's record of four in a row, which he currently equals.
Using a herbicide to control weeds--especially in the initial growing stages--is vital to the health of a crop, because weeds usurp water, nutrients and space.
Although honey is not about to usurp antibiotics, Dr Simon thinks it should be brought back into conventional medicine and not only to sugar the pill.
Unilaterally raising taxes or cutting spending would usurp more congressional authority.
Taiwan is still cautious about exporting sophisticated technology, such as the latest flat-panel screens and 12-inch semiconductor wafers, to China, fearing it will usurp its know-how.
Westwood, who carded a two-under-par 70 at Kingsbarns to lie four off the lead, would usurp Tiger Woods as world number one with a top-two finish.
This often means that local elites usurp a disproportionate share of those resources, and that individuals have little incentive to maintain and upgrade forests or agricultural land.
So common were attempts by various factions of the army to usurp power - 17 coup attempts in all - that Thailand's struggling democracy became a joke.
The 21-year-old Czech, who can usurp Caroline Wozniacki at the top of the world rankings in the next fortnight, faces Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro in round two.
Westwood, on the back of helping Europe to Ryder Cup glory on Monday, needs a top-two finish to usurp American Tiger Woods at the top of the rankings.
Though some claim that the president is plucking up courage to remove the prime minister, Commodore Bainimarama is more likely eventually to usurp the position of the president.
Labour's David Whitton accused Finance Secretary John Swinney of trying to "usurp the rights of the parliament" by taking powers to allow ministers to do what they wanted with public bodies.
"We think it sets a dangerous precedent for the government to usurp the role of fiduciaries by placing its thumb on the scale for one kind of investment--index funds, " the groups continue.
We have shown that our people are indeed capable of easily making a distinction between a desire for renewal and political provocations whose sole objective is to destroy Russian statehood and usurp power.
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