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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, aviator, military...
- 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...
- Frederick I the next year, nor did a personal discussion between the two potentates at Verona in October 1184 lead to any definite result. During the conflict...
- envoys (now known as nuncios) have represented the Holy See to foreign potentates. Additionally, papal representatives known not as nuncios but as apostolic...
- 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...
- T&T Clark. p. 255-259. "It is essentially a folktale about an Eastern potentate – it is royal legend or Königsnovelle." "Thus, it looks difficult to discover...
- pilgrims from India to the Red Sea, and struck terror into the surrounding potentates. The Princes of Gujarat and Yemen turned for help to Egypt. Sultan Al-Ashraf...
- collapsed in the 10th century, control over the region was divided by several potentates and the ajnad only represented nominal divisions. The Abbasids and the...