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sceptre
UK /ˈsɛptə/ US /ˈsɛptɚ/
verb 2noun 1name 1
Collocations
3VERB + SCEPTRE
pointing
SCEPTRE + NOUN
nobles, rows
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.
“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.”
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.
verb
1
To give a sceptre to.
To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.
2
To invest with royal power.
name
1
A hamlet (special service area) in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth, Saskatchewan, Canada.
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“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
Wiktionary02
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.
Wiktionary03
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.
Wiktionary04
To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.
Wiktionary05
The sceptre shall not be taken away from Juda, nor a ruler from his thigh, till he come that is to be sent, and he shall be the expectation of nations.
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The fool capered about the room, pointing his sceptre at various nobles.
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