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noun

Sceptre, Scepter n.

A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. "And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand."

Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. "The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come."

verb

Sceptre, Scepter v. t. (past & past part. sceptered or sceptred; pres. part. sceptering or sceptring) To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. "To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends."

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Etymology of 'Scepter'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Scepter" Quotes from Famous Books

... "ovens" and "skillets"—circular, cast-iron vessels standing on legs, high enough to allow a layer of live coals to be placed beneath them. They were covered by a lid with a ledge around it, to retain the mass of coals heaped on top. The cook's scepter was a wooden hook, with which she moved the kettles and ovens and lifted lids, while the restless fire scorched her amrs ...

— The Red Acorn • John McElroy

... by the magi and the mysteries of Mithra. The inscription of the Nemroud Dagh speaks of [Greek: Dios Oromasdou thronous] (supra, ch. VI, n. 26), and, in fact, a bas-relief shows Zeus-Oramasdes sitting on a throne, scepter in hand. The Mithra bas-reliefs likewise represent Jupiter Ormuzd on a throne, with the other gods standing around him (Mon. myst. Mithra, I, p. 129; II, p. 188, fig. 11); and Hostanes pictured the angels sitting around the throne of God (supra, ch. VI, n. 38; see Rev. iv). ...

— The Oriental Religions in Roman Paganism • Franz Cumont

... Florea," the voice in the box answered. "As it seems to me, they are trying to wrest the scepter from him and the old monarch says that they are ...

— Roumanian Fairy Tales • Various

... ago, in the rough first arrangement of the copies in the Educational Series, I put an outline of the top of Apollo's scepter, which, in the catalogue, was said to be probably by Baccio Bandini of Florence, for your first real exercise; it remains so, the olive being put first only ...

— Ariadne Florentina - Six Lectures on Wood and Metal Engraving • John Ruskin

... perhaps the most brilliant nation of the world. Other countries had been humbled by the splendid armies of France and were destined to be still further humbled by the emperor who came from Corsica. France had begun to seize the scepter of power; yet to this picture there was another side—fearful want and grievous poverty and the horrors of the Revolution. Russia was too far away, and was still considered too barbarous, for a brilliant ...

— Famous Affinities of History, Vol 1-4, Complete - The Romance of Devotion • Lyndon Orr