potestade

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Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin potestātem. Doublet of podestade.

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: po‧tes‧ta‧de

Noun

potestade f (plural potestades)

  1. power, strength
  2. potentate (person who holds power or authority)
  3. divinity
  4. (religion, in the plural) power (the angels of the sixth hierarchy)
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