Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Possessing full power.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Possessing full power.
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- adjective Possessing full
power .
Etymologies
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Examples
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In the third century A.D., a gaggle of plenipotent rabbis held a symposium to settle the matter once and for all.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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In the third century A.D., a gaggle of plenipotent rabbis held a symposium to settle the matter once and for all.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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In the third century A.D., a gaggle of plenipotent rabbis held a symposium to settle the matter once and for all.
The Fruit Hunters Adam Leith Gollner 2008
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A similar elasticity applies to a plenipotent agency, which cannot, by 4, be identified, much less explained.
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The plenipotent finger of the omnipotent God strikes the combustible elements of the air, and his red lightnings flash along on their burning cables, sending their soprano anthems to hiss and howl and join the bass strains from the sea below.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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Everywhere Shiloh's empire touches the deep chords of human nature and human hearts, moving, stirring, revolutionizing and unifying its forces and agencies, exhibiting those far-reaching plenitudes of power and throbbing energies and plenipotent activites that make up its irresistible character.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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It is a grand oligarchy, with immense force and push -- with cunning and skilful intrigue -- in whose plenipotent fingers the threads of the universal octopus centralizes its splendid capabilities in a papal head.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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But its spiritual dynamos are plenipotent in power, and its strength lay deep in the bosom and nature of Deity.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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All nature sings, especially when its golden chords are struck and vibrated by the plenipotent finger of God.
Autobiography, sermons, addresses, and essays of Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., 1898
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The plenipotent finger of the plenipotent God strikes the fiery chords of the air, and his red lightnings flash along on their burning cables, sending their sopranic anthems to hiss and howl and join the bassic strains below.
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