† despoˈteeObs. [cf.OF.despotee court of a despot, despotie lordship, despotat; cf.Gr. δεσπότεια lordship, despotism.] =prec. 1656Earl of Monmouth Advt. fr. Parnass. 361 In the Grecian Empire, whose division into several despotees..did..throw open the gates to me.