potence

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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

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

As such it is necessarily inferior to the sum total of its effects, and dependent for reality on these—in a word, a mere potence or becoming.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

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

From The Crayon Papers by Irving, Washington

But in this there is no disadvantage; factors of such sovereign potence do not suffer from repetition.

From The Color Line A Brief in Behalf of the Unborn by Smith, William Benjamin