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scepter

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scep·ter  (sptr)
n.
1. A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority.
2. Ruling power or authority; sovereignty.
tr.v. scep·tered, scep·ter·ing, scep·ters
To invest with royal authority.
[Middle English sceptre, from Old French, from Latin scptrum, from Greek skptron.]
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Noun1.scepterscepter - the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
sceptre
sovereignty, reign - royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
2.scepterscepter - a ceremonial or emblematic staff    
sceptre, verge, wand
staff - a rod carried as a symbol
bauble - a mock scepter carried by a court jester
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scepter sceptre
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, so soon retracted, had been nothing but a mockery; a mockery like his crown -- like his scepter -- like his friends -- like all that had surrounded his royal childhood, and which had abandoned his proscribed youth.
Ten Years Later by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Athos was a great seigneur compared with such nobles as the king improvised by touching with his artificial scepter the parched-up trunks of the heraldic trees of the province.
The Man in the Iron Mask by Dumas, Alexandre View in context
Create in us a clean heart and renew a right spirit within us, strengthen us all in Thy faith, fortify our hope, inspire us with true love one for another, arm us with unity of spirit in the righteous defense of the heritage Thou gavest to us and to our fathers, and let not the scepter of the wicked be exalted against the destiny of those Thou hast sanctified.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
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