Sceptre Definition

septər
sceptred, sceptring
noun

Scepter.

Webster's New World

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

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Synonyms:
verb
sceptred
To give a sceptre to.
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Noun

Singular:
sceptre
Plural:
sceptres

Origin of Sceptre

  • Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skeptron, “staff, stick, baton"), from σκήπτω (skepto, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff").

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Sceptre Sentence Examples

  • He is generally characterized by the sceptre and diadem, the usual attributes of kings.

  • The whole of Syria was brought under the Seleucid sceptre, together with Cilicia, by Antiochus III.

  • The supreme spiritual authority also is now claimed; and it is expressly stated that it becomes none to crown him; the moment he ascends the throne, crown and sceptre belong to him of right.

  • It resembles the sceptre curved at the end, which was carried by old Hittite gods.

  • Christina assumed the sceptre in her eighteenth year (Dec. 8, 1644).

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