Scepter
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 American and archaic form of sceptre.
"Edwards great linage by the mothers ſide, Fiue hundred yeeres hath helde the ſcepter vp,"
- 2 a ceremonial or emblematic staff wordnet
- 3 the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter wordnet
Verb
- 1 American form of sceptre.
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"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."