Thesaurus: sceptre

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1. n. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
2. n. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
3. v. t. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
4. n. the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
5. n. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
6. 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 Shilon come. Gen. xlix. 10. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.
7. n:100 n the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter n a ceremonial or emblematic staff