potestate
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English potestat, from Old French potestat, from Latin potestās, potestātem.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]potestate (plural potestates)
- (obsolete) A chief ruler; a potentate.
- 1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Epheſians 6:12, page 524:
- For our vvreſtling is not againſt fleſh and bloud : but againſt Princes and Poteſtats, againſt the * rectors of the vvorld of this darkenes, againft the ſpirituals of wickednes in the celeſtials [translating caelestibus].
References
[edit]- “potestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]potestāte f
Middle English
[edit]Noun
[edit]potestate
- Alternative form of potestat
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]potestate f (plural potestăți)
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | potestate | potestatea | potestăți | potestățile | |
| genitive-dative | potestăți | potestății | potestăți | potestăților | |
| vocative | potestate, potestateo | potestăților | |||
References
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