'Sceptre' definitions:
Definition of 'sceptre'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Sceptre'
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 'Sceptre'
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
Definition of 'Sceptre'
From: Easton
- Sceptre (Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10; Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king.