Sceptre

5 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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              And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that
              was in his hand.                      --Esther v. 2.
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     2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty;
        as, to assume the scepter.
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              The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a
              lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.
                                                    --Gen. xlix.
                                                    10.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sceptre
       n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: {scepter}]
       2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {scepter}, {verge}, {wand}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SCEPTRE
       
          Designing and analysing circuits.
       
          ["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems
          Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
       
       

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [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.