Sceptered

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
     {Sceptered}or {Sceptred} (?); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sceptering}or
     {Sceptring}.]
     To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
     with royal authority.
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           To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
                                                    --Tickell.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sceptered
       adj : invested with legal power or official authority especially
             as symbolized by having a scepter [syn: {empowered}, {sceptred}]