potestat

== Catalan == === Etymology === From Latin potestātem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [pu.təsˈtat] IPA(key): (Balearic) [po.təsˈtat] IPA(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [po.tesˈtat] === Noun === potestat f (plural potestats) power === Further reading === “potestat”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “potestat”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “potestat” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “potestat”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Middle English == === Alternative forms === potestate === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French potestat, from Latin potestās, potestātem. Doublet of pouste. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌpɔːtɛsˈtaːt/, /ˈpɔːtɛstaːt/ === Noun === potestat (plural potestates) A powerful individual; a ruler or potentate. (theology) A power (rank of angel). ==== Descendants ==== English: potestate (obsolete) ==== References ==== “potestāt(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.