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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
scepter
n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand]
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that
was in his hand. --Esther v. 2.
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2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty;
as, to assume the scepter.
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The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a
lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.
--Gen. xlix.
10.
[1913 Webster] Scepter
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
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.
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To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
--Tickell.
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4. The Devil's Dictionary (1881-1906) |
SCEPTER, n. 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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Thesaurus Results for Scepter:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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 |
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