Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A potentate; a ruler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.]
Wyclif .
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- noun obsolete A
chief ruler ; apotentate .
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Examples
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Galatarum gentem credere, in potestate parentum liberos esse.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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“Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus, de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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“Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus, de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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“Sancti Apostoli Petrus et Paulus, de quorum potestate et auctoritate confidimus ipsi intercedant pro nobis ad Dominum.”
The Tudors: King Takes Queen Elizabeth Massie 2010
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Much better known than De renuntiatione is Giles 'De ecclesiastica potestate, a treatise also composed in defense of Boniface VIII.
Giles of Rome Lambertini, Roberto 2009
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An important sermon defending the papal position has been recently discovered by Concetta Luna, and Giles 'De ecclesiastica potestate undoubtedly ranks among the sources of Unam Sanctam.
Giles of Rome Lambertini, Roberto 2009
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While previous scholarship stressed the affinity in form and content between De ecclesiastica potestate and the famous Bull Unam sanctam, Francisco Bertelloni (2004) holds that one should not overlook profound differences between the concepts of papal power that inspire the two texts.
Giles of Rome Lambertini, Roberto 2009
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De ecclesiastica potestate, R. Scholz (ed.), Weimar 1929
Giles of Rome Lambertini, Roberto 2009
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Scholarly discussion about De ecclesiastica potestate is still open.
Giles of Rome Lambertini, Roberto 2009
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They stand under the right or power [sub potestate] of the sovereign, because they are held (psychologically) in its sway.
Spinoza's Political Philosophy Steinberg, Justin 2008
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