威い徳とく

noun

virtue and influence; moral authority

Formal term for the combination of personal virtue and the authority or influence that flows from it. Often used in historical, political, or philosophical contexts.

• 彼かれの威い徳とくによって、多おおくの人ひとが従したがった。

  Many people followed him because of his virtue and authority.

• その王おうは威い徳とくを備そなえた立りっ派ぱな君くん主しゅだった。

  That king was a fine monarch endowed with moral authority.