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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Scepter  \Scep"ter\,  Sceptre  \Scep"tre\,  v.  t.  [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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  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  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  scepter 
  n  1:  the  imperial  authority  symbolized  by  a  scepter  [syn:  {sceptre}] 
  2:  a  ceremonial  or  emblematic  staff  [syn:  {sceptre},  {verge},  {wand}] 
 
  From  THE  DEVIL'S  DICTIONARY  ((C)1911  Released  April  15  1993)  [devils]: 
 
  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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