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sceptre

 

  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  To  Britain's  queen  the  sceptered  suppliant  bends. 
  --Tickell. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  And  the  king  held  out  Esther  the  golden  scepter  that 
  was  in  his  hand.  --Esther  v.  2. 
 
  2.  Hence  royal  or  imperial  power  or  authority;  sovereignty; 
  as  to  assume  the  scepter. 
 
  The  scepter  shall  not  depart  from  Judah,  nor  a 
  lawgiver  from  between  his  feet,  until  Shiloh  come 
  --Gen.  xlix. 
  10. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [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  (13  Mar  01)  [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.




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