What is a chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. "An irous potestate." Chaucer called?
potestate — A chief ruler; a potentate. [Obs.] Wyclif. "An irous potestate." Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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