<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>plural potencies</li><li>the state or quality of being potent.</li><li>Synonyms: potential, capacity, energy, force, strength, power; authority: the potency of God's word.</li><li>efficacy; effectiveness; strength.</li><li>capacity to be, become, or develop; potentiality.</li><li>a person or thing exerting power or influence.</li><li>Mathematics: cardinal number (def 2).</li></ul>