potence

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Universe in potence followed the Idea of Creation in Deity, 767-u.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Any attempt to enfilade his front by passing along the other flank was met by the broadsides of the six or eight ships drawn up en potence to the rear.

From The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783 by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

Accordingly, at dinner I again took the field, en potence.

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

To true divinities such power some grant; And power to compass more;—to Bacchus none Such potence own.

From The Metamorphoses of Publius Ovidus Naso in English blank verse Vols. I & II by Howard, J. J.

Infinite in essence, we crave it in potence.

From Tablets by Alcott, Amos Bronson