Definition of Potentate. Meaning of Potentate. Synonyms of Potentate

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Definition of Potentate

Potentate
Potentate Po"ten*tate, n. [LL. potentatus, fr. potentare to exercise power: cf. F. potentat. See Potent, a.] One who is potent; one who possesses great power or sway; a prince, sovereign, or monarch. The blessed and only potentate. --1 Tim. vi. 15. Cherub and seraph, potentates and thrones. --Milton.

Meaning of Potentate from wikipedia

- Look up potentate in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Potentate may refer to: Imperial Potentate, the title of the head of the Shriners Potentate, three-time...
- Kansas City and a member of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446, Land served as Imperial Potentate of the Shriners and is revered today as the Founder of the Order of DeMolay...
- Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German **** politician, aviator, military...
- the German Emperor, the Sultan of Turkey, the Shah of Persia, and other potentates. In 1906, Aga Khan was a founding member and first president of the All...
- in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A throne is a seat of state for a potentate or dignitary. Throne, Thrones or The Throne may also refer to: The Throne...
- recognised as the only ones entitled to reign. As a result, aspiring potentates not descended from him had to justify their rule, either by nominating...
- Silkenbeard. It was rebuilt in stone in the late 12th century under the Norman potentate Strongbow, and considerably enlarged in the early 13th century, using...
- Greci in 1924. He was described by the writer Norman Lewis as a Mafia potentate with an inflamed sense of his own importance. The Sicilian writer Giuseppe...
- the inhabitants there were unharmed. He had the esteem of the Supreme Potentate that he was entrusted with organizing "the most m****ive offensive in the...
- around 1278; others, such as Tudor Sălăgean, refer to him as a local potentate whose status cannot be specified. Thocomerius' name is only known from...