sceptre
    n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
         scepter, sceptre]
    2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
       verge, wand]

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.
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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.
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         To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
                                                  --Tickell.
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SCEPTRE

   Designing and analysing circuits.

   ["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems
   Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].

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.