SCEPTRE

scepter, sceptre, verge, wand

(noun) a ceremonial or emblematic staff

scepter, sceptre

(noun) the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Proper noun

Sceptre

A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.

Anagrams

• recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre

Etymology

Noun

sceptre (plural sceptres)

(UK) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Verb

sceptre (third-person singular simple present sceptres, present participle sceptring, simple past and past participle sceptred)

To give a sceptre to.

To invest with royal power.

Anagrams

• recepts, respect, scepter, specter, spectre

Source: Wiktionary

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Scep"ter, Scep"tre, n. Etym: [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. 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 Shilon come. Gen. xlix. 10.

Scep"ter, Scep"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sceptered or Sceptred (p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering or Sceptring (.]

Definition: To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. Tickell.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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