: to invest with the scepter in token of royal authority
Examples of scepter in a Sentence
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Noun
Maleficent, with scepter in hand, will ascend to a height of 35 feet.—Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2024 One Piece and Mortal Kombat Meg’s hairstyle and serpent scepter as her weapon of choice are all in reference to One Piece’s Boa Hancock.—Solcyré Burga, TIME, 10 May 2024 Like the Tesseract and the scepter, the Time Stone was thought to be in New York City in 2012.—Glenn Greenberg, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023 Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips, or scepters including extendable items.—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024 Some researchers previously believed the odd ivory baton was ritualistic and used as a noisemaker, scepter, wand or piece of art.—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 The new colossus, wielding a scepter in one hand and an orb in the other, was recently placed in one of the Capitoline Museums’ side gardens.—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024 Before helping create Vision, it was encased in a scepter that Loki used to control minds in The Avengers.—Glenn Greenberg, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023 The snap showed Grande in costume, wearing her gown and tiara while holding a scepter in her hand.—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
Verb
People file past the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II, draped in the Royal Standard with the Imperial State Crown and the Sovereign's orb and scepter, lying in state on the catafalque in Westminster Hall on Sept. 15, 2022, in London.—Patrick Smith, NBC News, 15 Sep. 2022
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English sceptre, from Anglo-French septre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skēptron staff, scepter, from skēptesthai to prop oneself — more at shaft
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