Sceptre

Quick meaning: Sceptre is a noun meaning An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Meaning

An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

More Meanings

1. To give a sceptre to.
2. (figurative) To invest with royal power.

Example Sentences

To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.

To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d.

But what had occupied him most was the robe he was to wear at his coronation, the robe of tissued gold, and the ruby-studded crown, and the sceptre with its rows and rings of pearls.

“Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.”

Word Forms

• sceptres
• scepter
• sceptring
• sceptred

Synonyms for sceptre

Depending on context, synonyms include verge, wand, scepter.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include verge, wand, scepter, mace, sovereign, crown.

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