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...
- Hermann Wilhelm Göring (or Goering; German: [ˈɡøːʁɪŋ] (listen); 12 January 1893 – 15 October 1946) was a German politician, military leader and convicted...
- Role-playing in Self-portrait as an Oriental Potentate with a Kris, etching, 1634. B18...
- defections. They have contributed to the abdication or the decapitation of potentates. They have been used to murder a representative of the dominating power...
- 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...
- A throne is a seat of state for a potentate or dignitary. Throne or Thrones may also mean: Throne (surname) The Throne (group), collaboration pseudonym...
- than "kaiser" or "king" exactly because it was God and not some earthly potentate who ordained to apply it to David, Solomon, and other kings of Israel...
- New York City Masonic Hall on September 26, 1872. Fleming was the first potentate. In 1875, there were 43 Shriners in the organization. To encourage membership...
- 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...
- 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...