potestate

English

Etymology

From Middle English potestat, from Old French potestat, from Latin potestās, potestātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpəʊtəsteɪt/

Noun

potestate (plural potestates)

1. (obsolete) A chief ruler; a potentate.
   • 1582, The Nevv Testament of Iesus Christ: […] (Douay–Rheims Bible), Rheims: Iohn Fogny, →OCLC, Epheſians 6:12, page 524:

     For our vvreſtling is not againſt fleſh and bloud : but againſt Princes and Poteſtats, againſt the * rectors of the vvorld of this darkenes, againft the ſpirituals of wickednes in the celeſtials [translating caelestibus].

References

• “potestate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Noun

potestāte

1. ablative singular of potestās

Middle English

Noun

potestate

1. Alternative form of potestat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin potestas.

Noun

potestate f (plural potestăți)

1. (obsolete) power, ability

Declension

Declension of potestate

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o) potestate	potestatea	(niște) potestăți	potestățile
genitive/dative	(unei) potestăți	potestății	(unor) potestăți	potestăților
vocative	potestate, potestateo		potestăților

References

• potestate in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN