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potent (2)

po·tent [ pṓt'nt ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
four-armed: describes a heraldic cross that has four arms with a bar across the end of each arm

[14th century. Alteration of obsolete potence "crutch," or via its French source < Latin potentia "power" < potent- (see potent1)]
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