"sleeping power" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleeping power.wav Forms: sleeping powers [plural]
Etymology: From sleeping (“dormant”) + power. Etymology templates: {{com|en|sleeping|power|t1=dormant}} sleeping (“dormant”) + power Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleeping power (plural sleeping powers)
  1. (politics, law, chiefly in the plural) A power which is unused, or which has not been exercised for a long time; especially one which is extensive, but little-known. Tags: in-plural Categories (topical): Law, Politics
    Sense id: en-sleeping_power-en-noun-lTE0PUsI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Topics: government, law, politics
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sleeping, power.
    Sense id: en-sleeping_power-en-noun-YO6Or3hA

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