Sentences with 'legitimise'
Example sentences and phrases with the word legitimise and other words derived from it.
• « Like Boris of Bulgaria a century earlier, Vladimir the Great used conversion to Christianity to legitimise his own rule, connecting his nascent kingdom to the prestige, power and glory of ancient Rome as embodied in the Byzantine Empire. »
• « In doing so, the imperial position was an attempt to legitimise the greatest king of the age by association with the legacy of the ancient world. »
• « Establishing a river route from St Louis to the Pacific Ocean was crucial to capturing a share of the fur trade that had proved so profitable for Britain. He also wanted to legitimise American claims to the land against rivals such as Britain and Spain. »