Definition of Potentates. Meaning of Potentates. Synonyms of Potentates

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Definition of Potentates

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 Potentates 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...
- Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈhɛʁman ˈvɪlhɛlm ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] ; 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader, and...
- involving the Roman Pontiff, the Papal Court, and other dignitaries and potentates. Examples of official liturgical books prescribing the rules and regulations...
- through desert country and risk of bandits and extortionate tolls by local potentates. This southern coastal route past the rough country in the southern Arabian...
- defections. They have contributed to the abdication or the decapitation of potentates. They have been used to murder a representative of the dominating power...
- Bi****ur (1520). When the Mughal Emperor Babur was taking stock of the potentates of north India, he rated Krishnadevaraya the most powerful, with the most...
- Network of political influence exercised by local potentates known as "caciques"....
- 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...
- Muslim pilgrims from India to the Red Sea, and struck terror into the potentates all around. Various engagements took place. Cairo's Mamluk sultan Al-Ashraf...
- and the Zhou system of rites) became "diffuse" and claimed by different potentates in the Zhou states to legitimise economic, political, and military ambitions...