gen. Dignity, greatness, grandeur; supreme power, authority.

control over whether a person lives or dies; authority to order a death sentence; absolute power; cf. pit and gallows at pit, n.1 8.

Supreme power or authority; esp. that considered to be held by the Pope over secular rulers. Cf. universal, adj. 1d. Now historical.

The state or rule of a potentate; supreme power.

Exceptional or extraordinary power or ability. Also as a count noun.

The quality of being magnipotent; great power.