Sceptre

/ˈsɛptɚ/

Synonyms for "sceptre" (11 found)

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Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
emblem of sovereigntyrodrod of office

Strong matches (3)

Noun(3 words)

Related words (5)

Noun(5 words)
symbol of authoritytipstaffvergewandwandala

Related word relations

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More general

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emblemreignsovereigntystaffsymbol of authoritysymbol of power

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5 entries
gold sceptreheraldic sceptrejeweled sceptreornamental sceptreroyal sceptre

Collocations

6 entries
ceremonial sceptregold sceptrejeweled sceptreornamental sceptreroyal sceptresceptre of office

Inflections

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Derivations

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Sample sentences

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They, in the rock reverberant held fast, / moan at the doors. Here, throned aloft, he reigns; / his sceptre calms their rage, their violence restrains: / else earth and sea and all the firmament / the winds together through the void would sweep.

Source: tatoeba (6779196)

"Speak, Queen," he answered, "to obey is mine. / To thee I owe this sceptre and whate'er / of realm is here; thou makest Jove benign, / thou giv'st to rule the storms and sit at feasts divine."

Source: tatoeba (6779424)

So spake the God and with her hest complied, / and turned the massive sceptre in his hand / and pushed the hollow mountain on its side. / Out rushed the winds, like soldiers in a band, / in wedged array, and, whirling, scour the land.

Source: tatoeba (6779473)

"Presumptuous winds, begone, / and take your king this message, that the sway / of Ocean and the sceptre and the throne / Fate gave to me, not him; the trident is my own."

Source: tatoeba (6783259)

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