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Synonyms for scepter

Grammar : Noun
Spell : sep-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɛp tər

Définition of scepter

Origin :
  • c.1300, ceptre, from Old French sceptre (12c.), from Latin sceptrum "royal staff," from Greek skeptron "staff to lean on; royal scepter;" in transferred use, "royalty," from root of skeptein "to prop or stay, lean on." Apparently a cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft (n.1)). The verb meaning "to furnish with a scepter" is from 1520s.
  • noun baton
Example sentences :
  • The ballot is the scepter of power in the hand of every citizen.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • There were no other sounds while the girl took the Flagg scepter in her own hands.
  • Extract from : « Joan of Arc of the North Woods » by Holman Day
  • The ball represented the terrestrial globe and the stick in his other hand a scepter.
  • Extract from : « War and Peace » by Leo Tolstoy
  • He danced about like a madman, with his crown on his head and his scepter in his hand.
  • Extract from : « Laboulaye's Fairy Book » by Various
  • The entire country was under the one scepter, and his was that scepter.
  • Extract from : « Following the Equator, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
  • What has wrested from the priestly hand the scepter of government?
  • Extract from : « Scandinavians on the Pacific, Puget Sound » by Thomas Ostenson Stine
  • The scepter which she bears is surmounted by the globe of this world.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • He has a form of the Crux ansata for his scepter and a globe in his left hand.
  • Extract from : « The Illustrated Key to the Tarot » by L. W. de Laurence
  • If the Scepter wanted to resist, it had its ordinary remedy at civil law.
  • Extract from : « A Case in Camera » by Oliver Onions
  • The two crowns of Henry IV., his scepter, hand of justice, and spurs.
  • Extract from : « The Diary of John Evelyn (Vol 1 of 2) » by John Evelyn

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