5 definitions found
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]:
scepter
noun
1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: {sceptre}]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {sceptre}, {verge}, {wand}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "scepter":
baton, caduceus, cap of dignity, cap of maintenance,
chain of office, coronet, crook, crosier, cross-staff, crown,
diadem, ermine, fasces, gavel, great seal, mace, mantle, orb,
portfolio, privy seal, purple, purple pall, regalia, robe of state,
rod, rod of empire, rod of office, royal crown, seal, signet,
staff, tiara, triple plume, truncheon, uraeus, wand,
wand of office
From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]:
SCEPTER, noun A king's staff of office, the sign and symbol of his
authority. It was originally a mace with which the sovereign
admonished his jester and vetoed ministerial measures by breaking the
bones of their proponents.
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