Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PO'TENT-ATE
PO'TENT-ATE, n. [Fr. potentat; It. potentato.]
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. – Boyle.
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