Middle English Dictionary Entry
potentāt n.
Entry Info
Forms | potentāt n. |
Etymology | OF potentat & L potentātus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A ruler, lord.
Associated quotations
- c1425(?c1400) Wycl.Apol.(Dub 245)30 : Ȝe geyt harme of þe Lordis patrimoyn, til ȝe alon wil be potentats in þe kirk.