These nabobs waltzed into the capital with an arrogance that was breathtaking. Their prefatorial deficit resulted in a polemical stance at absolute contraposition to the legislature’s puissance.
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Puissance
//ˈpjuːɪ.s(ə)ns//
Synonyms for "puissance" (52 found)
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5 translations across 3 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- могъщество noun (power, might or potency)
- мощ noun (power, might or potency)
French
1 entries- puissance noun (power, might or potency)
Russian
2 entries- власть noun (power, might or potency)
- могу́щество noun (power, might or potency)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
The Sarazin ſore daunted with the buffe / Snatcheth his ſword, and fiercely to him flies; / Who well it wards, and quyteth cuff with cuff: / Each others equall puiſſaunce enuies, / And through their iron ſides with cruelties / Does ſeeke to perce: repining courage yields / No foote to foe.
Source: wiktionary
We easily pronounce puissance, truth and justice; they be words importing some great matter, but that thing we neither see nor conceive.
Source: wiktionary
After these things above said, the Priest exorcised the salt, saying thus: I conjure thee, creature of salt; that is to say, I conjure in thee the puissance of the Devil in Hell, in the name of God Father omnipotent, and in the charity of our Lord Jesu Christ, and in the virtue of the Holy Ghost […]
Source: wiktionary
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