Sekirov Dictionary

sceptre

UK /ˈsɛptə/US /ˈsɛptɚ/

verb 3
noun 2
forms 3

verb3

•
To give a sceptre to.
- To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends. — 1713
(figurative) To invest with royal power.
American form of sceptre.

noun2

•
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
- 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. — 1791
American and archaic form of sceptre.

forms

sceptred · sceptring · sceptres

This dictionary works without the internet: on your phone · in Chrome