Lexic.us

Definition of Sceptre

1. Noun. The imperial authority symbolized by a scepter.

Definition of Sceptre

1. Noun. an ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power ¹

2. Verb. To give a sceptre to. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sceptre

1. to scepter [v -TRED, -TRING, -TRES] - See also: scepter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sceptre

Literary usage of Sceptre

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gentleman's Magazine (1835)
"ON WILT HUGE ON WILTON Shaftsbury, with the sceptre Without -. ... 2 GILBER GIEBER GILLEM GILLEM 9 Ilchester, without the sceptre . ..."

2. Reports of Cases Relating to Maritime Law: Containing All the Decisions of by James Perronet Aspinall, Butler Aspinall, Geoffrey Hutchinson, James. A. Petrie, F. A. P. Rowe, Bruce Farthing (1878)
"THIS was an action instituted by Her Majesty's Procurator General on behalf of Henry Hallett, collector of customs, at Hartlepool, against the sceptre, ..."

3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"^J \ And then he took his sceptre in his hand I IB II "" t'ien ^ls ... Then Agamemnon took into his hand His sceptre (which was made by Mulciber For Jove to ..."

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