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Scepter

Alternates
Sceptre
Scep"tre
Scepter (scepter)
n. (?)
Scep"ter
[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.]
  1. 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. Esther v. 2.

  2. 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. Gen. xlix. 10.

Scepter

Alternates
Sceptre
Scep"tre
Scepter (scepter)
v. t.
Scep"ter
  1. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

    To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.













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