Associations with «usurper»

A usurper is someone who wrongfully takes someone else's power or position without permission or authority. Full definition

Sentences with «usurper»

  • They are: unbelief, or lack of trust in God; hybris, man's elevation of himself as usurper of God's place; and concupiscence, the turning of the self upon itself to feed upon its own gratifications. (religion-online.org)
  • When I read the book I already owned by own BBS with three telephone lines and it connected up to other computers with FIDONET for email and participated in networked door games, such as USURPER DND and Solar Realms Elite. (goodereader.com)
  • By analyzing hieroglyphic inscriptions and illustrations of costumed queens, poring over evidence from royal tombs and reconstructing royal dynasties, Reese - Taylor and her colleagues have revealed for the first time how some Maya queens ruled alone in turbulent times, securing their dynasties and their kingdoms from usurpers, while others led their subjects to war, presiding over battles of attrition against enemy kings. (discovermagazine.com)
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