: to invest with the scepter in token of royal authority
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Noun
First Baptist hosted many ministers that evening, representing a wide array of religious traditions, but this sixty-four-year-old pastor seemed to stand apart, mounting the stairs with difficulty, wielding her cane like a queen with her scepter.—Deborah Baker
june 3, Literary Hub, 3 June 2025 In its heyday, Luxor was known as Wase—the city of the scepter.—Chris Wallace, Travel + Leisure, 19 Apr. 2025
Verb
People file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and scepter, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall on Sept. 15, 2022, in London.—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022 See All Example Sentences for scepter
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Etymology
Noun
Middle English sceptre, from Anglo-French septre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skēptron staff, scepter, from skēptesthai to prop oneself — more at shaft
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