Scepter

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  • noun. A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority.
  • noun. Ruling power or authority; sovereignty.
  • transitive verb. To invest with royal authority.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A staff of office of the character accepted as peculiar to royalty or independent sovereignty.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. Royal power or authority: as, to assume the scepter.
  • noun. A common name for the gold sovereign of James I. of England.
  • To give a scepter to; invest with royal authority, or with the emblem of authority.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
  • noun. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty.
  • transitive verb. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power
  • verb. To give a scepter to.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
  • noun. the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
  • Word Usage
    "“I thought your scepter was the strongest, your highness.”"
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