plenipotentiary
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2ADJ.
like-minded
VERB + PLENIPOTENTIARY
come
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noun
A person invested with full powers, especially as the diplomatic agent of a sovereign state, (originally) charged with handling a certain matter.
None but the like-minded can come plenipotentiary to our court.
1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 232. Meeting him in the street and ignoring the foul bowler hat he wore on his walks abroad, you would have put him down as a Bishop in mufti or, at the least, a plenipotentiary at one of the better courts.
adj
Invested with full power.
Near-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful
Of or relating to a plenipotentiary agent
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4None but the like-minded can come plenipotentiary to our court.
Wiktionary1937, P. G. Wodehouse, 'Lord Emsworth and Others', Overlook, Woodstock: 2002, p 232. Meeting him in the street and ignoring the foul bowler hat he wore on his walks abroad, you would have put him down
WiktionaryTwo of them are hanging up there on Golgotha, and that ought to be enough to show the authority of Rome’s ah plenipotentiary.
WiktionaryNear-synonyms: omnicompetent; omnipotent, almighty, all-powerful
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