sceptre

noun

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

   ““Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.””

   “To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d.”

   “But what had occupied him most was the robe he was to wear at his coronation, the robe of tissued gold, and the ruby-studded crown, and the sceptre with its rows and rings of pearls.”

verb

1. To give a sceptre to.

   “To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.”

2. (figuratively)To invest with royal power.

name

1. A hamlet (special service area) in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth, Saskatchewan, Canada.