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   { Scepter, Sceptre  } , 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.]
   A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
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   And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.
   Esther v. 2.
   
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   Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
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   The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.
   Gen. xlix. 10.
   
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   { Scepter, Sceptre  }, 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.
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   To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
   Tickell.
   
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