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plenipotence rare.|plɪˈnɪpətəns| [f. as next + -ence.] Full power or authority.
1649Milton Eikon. vi, A whole parliament..endued with the plenipotence of a free nation, to make laws, not to be denied laws. 1761–2Hume Hist. Eng. (1806) III. xlviii. 743 Such a plenipotence as none of their ancestors..had ever pretended to. 1884Manch. Exam. 22 Mar. 5/1 What plenipotence we fancied ourselves to possess. |