empowered

• COUNT in NET: 11 in 10 verses (in OT : 8 in 8 verses) (in NT : 3 in 2 verses)

CIDE DICTIONARY

empowered, adj. 

•  invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  enabled or permitted; as, the women's liberation movement empowered wives to take more control of their own lives.  [PJC]

THESAURUS

empowered

absolute, ascendant, authoritarian, authoritative, authorized, autocratic, chartered, clothed with authority, commanding, competent, consequential, considerable, controlling, dominant, duly constituted, eminent, enfranchised, entitled, ex officio, franchised, governing, great, hegemonic, hegemonistic, imperative, important, influential, leading, licensed, mighty, momentous, monocratic, official, patented, potent, powerful, preeminent, prestigious, privileged, prominent, puissant, ranking, ruling, sanctioned, senior, substantial, superior, supreme, totalitarian, warranted, weighty