Meaning

1 senses

  1. American and archaic form of sceptre.

More definitions
  • a ceremonial or emblematic staff
  • the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter

Examples

6 sentences

  1. Does the queen require her royal scepter?

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  2. The king's scepter was stolen from the museum.

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  3. The king’s scepter was made of pure gold.

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  4. The queen has a scepter in her right hand.

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  5. Tom has the king's scepter.

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Forms

plural: scepters
Singularscepter
Pluralscepters

regular

Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scenicB1scentB2schadenfreudescheduleA2schema

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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