Definition of Plenepotentiary
Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry (?), n.;
pl. Plenipotentiaries (#). [LL.
plenipotentiarius: cf. F. plénipotentiaire.]
A person invested with full power to transact any business;
especially, an ambassador or envoy to a foreign court, with full power
to negotiate a treaty, or to transact other business.
Plen`i*po*ten"ti*a*ry, a.
Containing or conferring full power; invested with full power;
as, plenipotentiary license; plenipotentiary
ministers. Howell.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
PLENIPOTENTIARY, adj. Having full power. A Minister Plenipotentiary
is a diplomatist possessing absolute authority on condition that he
never exert it.
- 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
- A person and especially a diplomatic agent invested with full power to transact business on the assumption that those they are representing will do as they agree even if they disagree.
- invested with full power
- of, or related to a plenipotentiary
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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