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sceptre
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
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POS
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Noun, Verb (transitive)
HYPHEN
:
scep=tre
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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun
sceptre
has 2 senses
sceptre
(n = noun.state)
scepter
- the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter;
is a kind of
reign
,
sovereignty
sceptre
(n = noun.communication)
scepter
,
verge
,
wand
- a ceremonial or emblematic staff;
is a kind of
staff
has particulars:
bauble
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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.
" [
1913 Webster
]
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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.
Derivative
sceptred adj.
Etymology
ME f. OF (s)ceptre f. L sceptrum f. Gk skeptron f. skepto lean on
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sceptre
" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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