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单词 plenipotence
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plenipotencen.

Brit. /plᵻˈnɪpət(ə)ns/, U.S. /pləˈnɪpədəns/, /pləˈnɪpətns/
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin plenipotentia.
Etymology: < post-classical Latin plenipotentia plenipotency n.: see -ence suffix, and compare potence n.2 Compare slightly earlier plenipotency n.
The quality of being plenipotent; full power or authority.In quot. 1641: a letter conferring this.
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1641 J. Roe in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1910) 25 273 If the Cardinal Infanta had the plenipotences, why did he not transmit them to Ratisbon in 4 months?
1650 J. Milton Εικονοκλαστης (ed. 2) vi. 54 A whole Parlament..indu'd with the plenipotence of a free Nation, to make Laws, not to be deny'd Laws.
1754 D. Hume Hist. Great Brit. I. 87 Such a plenipotence as none of their ancestors..had ever pretended to.
1821 C. Lloyd Poet. Ess. on Char. Pope 33 Religious trials have a nobler sense, Of lofty aim, and of plenipotence.
1884 Manch. Examiner 22 Mar. 5/1 What plenipotence we fancied ourselves to possess.
1937 K. Blixen Out of Afr. iii. 247 I stood..aglow with the plenipotence that a shot gives you, because you take effect at a distance.
1979 W. H. Maehl Germany in Western Civilization 50 They [sc. the Bishops] were able..to develop claims to a plenipotence that ultimately brought the popes into deadly conflict with the emperors.
2010 D. Womersley Divinity & State x. 289 The plenipotence of royal language to destroy in joined..to impotence in the language of the subject to persuade.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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