Autoritas
Autoritas is a Latin term that refers to authority, influence, or command. In classical Roman culture, it denoted a person's recognized power or standing within a community or within the legal system. It was distinct from potestatem, the legal right to exercise authority, and was often used by writers to describe the moral or moral authority that individuals enjoyed, especially in rhetoric and philosophy. Roman thinkers such as Cicero employed the concept of autoritas to emphasize a speaker’s credibility, asserting that the authority of a person or an institution lent weight to arguments and justified obedience.
During the Middle Ages, autoritas entered Christian theological discussions, distinguishing clerical or papal authority from secular
In modern times, the word continues to surface in discussions of political science, governance, and organizational