PUISSANCE

Pu″is‐sance, n. [[F., fr. puissant. See Puissant, and cf. Potency, Potance, Potence.]] Power; strength; might; force; potency. “ Youths of puissance.” Tennyson. The power and puissance of the king. Shak. ☞ In Spenser, Shakespeare, and Milton, puissance and puissant are usually dissyllables.