'Scepter' definitions:
Definition of 'scepter'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Scepter'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Scepter'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. --Esther v. 2. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. [1913 Webster]
- The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. --Gen. xlix. 10. [1913 Webster] Scepter
Synonyms of 'scepter'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baton,
- caduceus,
- cap of dignity,
- cap of maintenance,
- chain of office,
- coronet,
- crook,
- crosier,
- cross-staff,
- crown,
- diadem,
- ermine,
- fasces,
- gavel,
- great seal,
- mace,
- mantle,
- orb,
- portfolio,
- privy seal,
- purple,
- purple pall,
- regalia,
- robe of state,
- rod,
- rod of empire,
- rod of office,
- royal crown,
- seal,
- signet,
- staff,
- tiara,
- triple plume,
- truncheon,
- uraeus,
- wand,
- wand of office