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.