Puissance

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Puissance \Pu"is*sance\, n. [F., fr. puissant. See {Puissant},
     and cf. {Potency}, {Potance}, {Potence}.]
     Power; strength; might; force; potency. " Youths of
     puissance." --Tennyson.
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           The power and puissance of the king.     --Shak.
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     Note: In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and
           puissant are usually dissyllables.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  puissance
       n : power to influence or coerce; "the puissance of the labor
           vote"