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Webster 1913 Edition


Potestate

Po′tes-tate

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Noun.
A chief ruler; a potentate.
[Obs.]
Wyclif.
“An irous potestate.”
Chaucer.

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potestate

potestate

English

Noun

potestate (plural potestates)

  1. (obsolete) A chief ruler; a potentate.
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Latin

Noun

potestāte

  1. ablative singular of potestas