owerance
/ˈaʊ(ə)rəns
/noun [mass noun] Scottish & dialect
Superiority or mastery: you’ve not always the owerance over your doings...
- They handed out a rough sort of justice in the lands where they had owerance.
- The lovely dialect here is a speech markedly not seeking t'owerance.
- My mates all say that they must have t'owerance or the world will go to rot.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from over + -ance.