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1. i. asa, kral asası. sceptre. i. asa, kral asası. asa, kraliyet asası.
2. sceptre.
3. bkz: sceptre.
4. asa.

Etymology : Middle English sceptre, from Middle French ceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skEptron staff, scepter, from skEptesthai to prop oneself; more at SHAFT
Pronunciation : 'sep-t&r
Function : noun
Date : 14th century

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1. staff held by a monarch as a sign of his position and power. 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.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.].
2. 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. er v.
3. 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. xlix.
4. [scepter n.
5. the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: sceptre].
6. a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: sceptre, verge, wand].
7. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
8. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
9. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. a ceremonial or emblematic staff the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter.
10. see: sceptre. the American spelling of sceptre (ceptre, from sceptrum, from skeptron ).