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Webster 1913 Edition
Sceptre
{
, Scep′ter
,Scep′tre
}Noun.
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.
{
, Scep′ter
,Scep′tre
}Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sceptered
or Sceptred
([GREEK]); p. pr. & vb. n.
Sceptering
or Sceptring
.] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
To Britain’s queen the
sceptered
suppliant bends. Tickell.