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Meanings of parental authority in English

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Usage of parental authority in English
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The bedroom, for her, was full of the souvenirs of parental authority.
The Lion's Share
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This is not a matter of individual choice, or of parental authority.
The Civilization of Illiteracy
3
There were no obstacles placed in his way now by anxious parental authority.
One Day / A sequel to 'Three Weeks'
4
Of parental authority, indeed, few people thought with a lower degree of estimation.
Anecdotes of the late Samuel Johnson, LL.D. / During the Last Tw...
5
Hence the severe penalties attached, in the Mosaic law, to disobedience of parental authority.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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He was of age; parental authority could no longer be exerted for his protection.
In His Image
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He took refuge now in his ecclesiastical and parental authority.
Jeremy
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And you are thinking of going to the nearest clergyman and defying parental authority.
A Woman of the World: Her Counsel to Other People's Sons and Dau...
9
There is parental authority, teachers' authority, magisterial authority, legislative authority.
Life and Labors of Elder John Kline, the Martyr Missionary / Col...
10
Why, then, he must use his parental authority, and bid her come to you.
Philip Winwood / A Sketch of the Domestic History of an American...
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I cannot bear, that the parental authority should be thus despised, thus trampled under foot.
Clarissa Harlowe; or the history of a young lady — Volume 4
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Indignation against this interference with parental authority caused a sudden flash of the old rage.
Last and First Men
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Labour says voluntary controls are not working and parental authority has been undermined by technological change.
BBC
14
Thus does home-discipline involve the firmness of parental authority united with the mildness of parental love.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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We may consider the whole subject under two general heads, viz., parental authority, and filial obedience.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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Filial obedience is the correlative of parental authority.
The Christian Home / As it is in the Sphere of Nature and the Ch...
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