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sceptre US, scepter [ˈsɛptə] n 1. a ceremonial staff held by a monarch as the symbol of authority 2. imperial authority; sovereignty vb
(tr) to invest with authority [from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Greek skeptron staff] sceptred US, sceptered adj ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms Translations sceptre, (US) scepter n → Zepter nt n sceptre [ˈseptə(r)] the ornamental rod carried by a monarch on ceremonial occasions as a sign of power. septer صَوْلَجان، قَضيب скиптър žezlo scepter das Zepter σκήπτρο cetro skepter عصاي سلطنتي valtikka sceptre שַרבִיט राजदण्ड, अधिकार दण्ड žezlo jogar tampuk veldissproti scettro しやく 홀(笏) skeptras scepteris cogan alam scepter septer berło ceptro sceptru скипетр žezlo žezlo skiptar spira คทาสำหรับกษัตริย์หรือพระราชินี asa 權杖 скіпетр عصائے شاہی جو تاج پوشی کے موقع پر بادشاہت کی علامت کے طور پر ہاتھ میں لیا جاتا ہے vương trượng 节杖 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Now Chryses had come to the ships of the Achaeans to free his daughter, and had brought with him a great ransom: moreover he bore in his hand the sceptre of Apollo wreathed with a suppliant's wreath, and he besought the Achaeans, but most of all the two sons of Atreus, who were their chiefs. During a period of general business prosperity he set up The Orb Bank and The Sceptre Trust, simply, it seems for advertising purposes. They had made a harpooneer of him, and that barbed iron was in lieu of a sceptre now. |
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