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scep·ter 
[sep-ter] Pronunciation Key
[sep-ter] Pronunciation Key –noun
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power. |
| 2. | royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty. |
| 3. | to give a scepter to; invest with authority. |
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| scep·ter
(sěp'tər) Pronunciation Key
n.
tr.v. scep·tered, scep·ter·ing, scep·ters To invest with royal authority. [Middle English sceptre, from Old French, from Latin scēptrum, from Greek skēptron.] |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
scepter
scepter
c.1300, from O.Fr. sceptre, from L. sceptrum, from Gk. skeptron "staff," from root of skeptesthai "to prop oneself." Cognate with O.E. sceaft (see shaft).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| scepter | |
noun | |
| 1. | the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter |
| 2. | a ceremonial or emblematic staff |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Scepter
Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. ? a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. 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 Shiloh come. --Gen. xlix. 10.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Scepter
Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor Sceptring.] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. --Tickell.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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