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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Sceptered}or {Sceptred} (?); 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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, noun [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
sceptre
noun
1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: {scepter}]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {verge}, {wand}]
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
SCEPTRE Designing and analysing circuits. ["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Sceptre (Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king.
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