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sceptre
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun sceptre has 2 senses
- sceptre(n = noun.state) scepter - the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter; Array is a kind of reign, sovereignty
- sceptre(n = noun.communication) scepter, verge, wand - a ceremonial or emblematic staff; Array is a kind of staff
has particulars: bauble
CIDE DICTIONARY
sceptre, n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a stem, shaft.].
- A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. [1913 Webster]"And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand." [1913 Webster]
- Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. [1913 Webster]"The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come." [1913 Webster]
sceptre, v. t.
To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. [1913 Webster]
"To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
sceptre, n. (US scepter)
1 a staff borne esp. at a coronation as a symbol of sovereignty.
2 royal or imperial authority.
1 a staff borne esp. at a coronation as a symbol of sovereignty.
2 royal or imperial authority.
Derivative
sceptred adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF (s)ceptre f. L sceptrum f. Gk skeptron f. skepto lean on
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