potence
Example Sentences
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Conversely the Fr. potence, gallows, meant originally a bracket or support, Lat. potentia, power.
From The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Weekley, Ernest
Femaleness, or Recessiveness, on its side, however—being Life-Energy in the potential—is all the while engendering new potence for Dominance to transform into active, or functioning, power.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Idea in Deity was the Universe in potence; the sequence was involved, 767-u.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
A rare few of these because they are so richly endowed with maternal potence that the subconscious processes have remained, as Nature doubtless intended, for the most part subconscious and painless.
From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella
Corona, Crown, contained in potence the ten numerations, 754-l.
From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert
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