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potestas
[ poh-tes-tahs, -tuhs ]
noun
- the authority of a paterfamilias over all members of his family and household.
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Other Words From
- po·testal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of potestas1
First recorded in 1650–60, potestas is from the Latin word potestās literally, power, control, authority
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Example Sentences
Such is the tremendous influence of lifelong habit, the irresistible power of the patria potestas when it has never been relaxed.
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Questions of potestas naturally range themselves under more than one head.
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But from the undisputed existence of patria potestas no similar inference can be drawn.
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Change of rule of descent; relation to potestas, inheritance and local organisation.
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Every conquering race has accordingly developed the "patria potestas" to a greater or less degree.
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