| 1. power of choice, liberty of doing as one pleases
1) leave or permission 2. physical and mental power 1) the ability or strength with which one is endued, which he either possesses or exercises 3. the power of authority (influence) and of right (privilege) 4. the power of rule or government (the power of him whose will and commands must be submitted to by others and obeyed) 1) universally 4a1. authority over mankind 2) specifically 4b1. the power of judicial decisions 4b2. of authority to manage domestic affairs 3) metonymically 4c1. a thing subject to authority or rule 4c 1) jurisdiction 4c2. one who possesses authority 4c 1) a ruler, a human magistrate 4c 2) the leading and more powerful among created beings superior to man, spiritual potentates 4) a sign of the husband's authority over his wife 4d1. the veil with which propriety required a women to cover herself 5) the sign of regal authority, a crown For Synonyms see entry G5820 |