Scepter

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    American and archaic form of sceptre.

    "Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,"

  2. 2
    a ceremonial or emblematic staff wordnet
  3. 3
    the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    American form of sceptre.

Synonyms

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batoncaduceuscap of dignitycap of maintenancechain of officecoronet

Antonyms

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crown

Example

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"Those indignant winds grumble with a loud murmuring around the confines of the mountain; Aeolus sits in his high citadel, holding his scepter, and he soothes their spirits and tempers their rages: if he did not do this, they would surely snatch away seas and lands and the deep heaven itself, and sweep them off through the windy sky."

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