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sceptre
(encz) | sceptre,žezlo Zdeněk Brož |
Sceptre
(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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Sceptre
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor
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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sceptre
(wn) | sceptre
n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand] |
sceptre
(foldoc) | SCEPTRE
Designing and analysing circuits.
["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems
Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
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sceptre
(encz) | sceptre,žezlo Zdeněk Brož |
sceptred
(encz) | sceptred,žezlem vládnoucí adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Sceptred
(gcide) | Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor
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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Sceptreless
(gcide) | Scepterless \Scep"ter*less\, Sceptreless \Scep"tre*less\, a.
Having no scepter; without authority; powerless; as, a
scepterless king.
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Sceptic |
Unsceptred
(gcide) | Unsceptered \Un*scep"tered\, Unsceptred \Un*scep"tred\, a.
1. [Pref. un- not + sceptered.] Having no scepter.
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2. [1st pref. un- + scepter.] Deprived of a scepter.
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sceptre
(wn) | sceptre
n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn:
scepter, sceptre]
2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, sceptre,
verge, wand] |
sceptred
(wn) | sceptred
adj 1: invested with legal power or official authority
especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn:
empowered, sceptered, sceptred] |
sceptre
(foldoc) | SCEPTRE
Designing and analysing circuits.
["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems
Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
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