scepter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: scepter	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for scepter
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
scepter n the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: scepter, sceptre] a ceremonial or emblematic staff Synonym(s): scepter, sceptre, verge, wand
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. [?] a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See {Shaft}, and cf. {Scape} a stem, shaft.] 1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. --Esther v. 2. 2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. --Gen. xlix. 10.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sceptered}or {Sceptred} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n. {Sceptering}or {Sceptring}.] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. --Tickell.