powers

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 280 words | Copyright

powers those of authority and influence; in traditional Christian angelology, the sixth-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.
the powers that be the authorities concerned, the people exercising political or social control, with allusion to Romans 13:1.

See also power.

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