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Definition of Sceptered
1. Adjective. Invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter.
Definition of Sceptered
1. Verb. (past of scepter) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sceptered
1. scepter [v] - See also: scepter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sceptered
Literary usage of Sceptered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Standard English Poems: Spenser to Tennyson by Henry Spackman Pancoast (1899)
"AH WHAT AVAILS THE sceptered RACE (From the same) Ah what avails the sceptered
race, Ah what the form divine! What every virtue, every grace! ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1917)
"Ah ! what avails the sceptered race 1 Ah ! what the form divine ! What every
virtue, every grace! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1902)
"Ah ! what avails the sceptered race ! Ah ! what the form divine ! What every
virtue, every grace! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. ..."
4. The Dawn in Britain by Charles Montagu Doughty (1906)
"For sorrow and shame of this disparagement, (He, lord of armies, of twelve
sceptered kings,) Done to his royal state, he waxed nigh mad ! ..."
5. Proceedings in the Senate on the Investigation of the Charges Preferred by Horace G. Prindle, New York (State). Legislature Senate (1874)
"The attribute to awe and majesty, Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings.
But mercy is above this sceptered sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of ..."
6. A Hebrew Anthology: A Collection of Poems and Dramas Inspired by the Old by George Alexander Kohut (1913)
"... ACT V. SCENE I.—A Hall in the Palace of Babylon—CYRUS in purple robes, crowned
and sceptered on his throne, surrounded by courtiers. CYRUS. ..."
7. Maths Connect by Dave Kirkby, Lynne McClure, Catherine Roe (1894)
"Ah ! what avails the sceptered race ! Ah ! what the form divine ! What every
virtue, every grace! Rose Aylmer, all were thine. ..."
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