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sceptre

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scep·tre  (sptr)
n. & v. Chiefly British
Variant of scepter.

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
Noun1.sceptresceptre - the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
sovereignty, reign - royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
2.sceptresceptre - a ceremonial or emblematic staff    
staff - a rod carried as a symbol
bauble - a mock scepter carried by a court jester
Translations
sceptre scepter (US) [ˈseptəʳ] Ncetro m

sceptre [ˈsɛptər] (British) scepter (US) nsceptre m

sceptre, (US) scepter
nZepter nt

sceptre scepter (Am) [ˈsɛptəʳ] nscettro
sceptre scepter (Am) [ˈsɛptəʳ] nscettro

sceptre
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


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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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