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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL.

potentatus

, fr.

potentare

to exercise power: cf. F.

potentat

. See

Adj.

]

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.

Noun.

A person who possesses great power or sway; a prince; a sovereign; an emperor, king or monarch.

Exalting him not only above earthly princes and potentates, but above the highest of the celestial hierarchy.