potence

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Genius has never fruited to full bloom and potence, because the mothers have so seldom realised the greatness of their task.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

They rob them, accordingly, of the greatest transfiguring potence and happiness of life.

From Feminism and Sex-Extinction by Kenealy, Arabella

Cobham’s and Kerr’s dragoons flanked them en potence.

From A Daughter of Raasay A Tale of the '45 by Travis, Stuart

These three brigades formed the command of Major-General Henry; the whole of General Desha's division, consisting of two brigades, were formed en potence upon the left of Trotter.

From The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 by Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand

The tattered garments, hanging from their lances, the guillotine, and the potence, with the effigy of the queen suspended from it, traversed the Assembly with impunity.

From History of the Girondists, Volume I Personal Memoirs of the Patriots of the French Revolution by Ryde, H. T.