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potencé, a. Her.|ˈpəʊtənseɪ| Also potencie; improperly potence. [a. F. potencé, f. potence: see potence2. Cf. patonce.] = potent a.2
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 35 Beareth Sable, a Bende Argent, with twoo double Cotizes, Potences and Counter⁓potences of three peces d'Or. 1602Segar Hon. Mil. & Civ. ii. xxvi. 105 That euery man..should..vpon their vppermost garment weare a blacke Crosse, voided with a Crosse potence. 1611Cotgr., Potencé, ée, like, or belonging, to a Gibbet, or Crutch; In Blason, potencie. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Potent, or Potence, the Term for a Cross in Heraldry, formed into this Figure. 1852C. M. Yonge Cameos (1877) II. xviii. 193 Richard bore on his banners the cross potence and four doves of the Saxon Saint. 1894[see potent a.2]. |