Category:Puissance

Pu"is*sance, n. Etym: [f., fr.puissant. See puissant, and cf. Potency, potance, potence.]

Defn: power; strength; might; force; potency. " youths of puissance." Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak.

Note: in spenser, shakespeare, and milton, puissance and puissant are Usually dissyllables.