| It is far, far more than a mere institution governed by a body of, ahem, rather obtuse potentates. |
| Well, we might say, it is not surprising that Israelite culture would celebrate resistance to foreign potentates. |
| Marco Polo, like many Europeans after him, remarked on the curious fact that local potentates wore minimal clothing with loads of jewellery. |
| The lowest branch of mundane, kings and potentates, is but a short step from natal astrology. |
| These states have remained theocracies, and so sharia, or Koranic law, remains the highest authority, even for secular potentates. |
| The strategically located Gwalior fort was fair game, in its position as the gateway to central India, for all would-be potentates. |
