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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Scepter

· Scep·ter · IPA
01 n. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
  1. 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. 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.
02 v. t. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
imp. & p. p. Sceptered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering
  1. 1.
    To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
    “To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.” — Tickell.