[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

scepter \scep"ter\, sceptre \scep"tre\, v. t. imp.  p. p.
   scepteredor sceptred ?; p. pr.  vb. n. scepteringor
   sceptring.
   to endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest
   with royal authority.
   1913 webster

         to britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
                                                  --tickell.
   1913 webster
see also:
sceptered sceptred sceptering sceptring 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
      1913 webster

            and the king held out esther the golden scepter that
            was in his hand.                      --esther v. 2.
      1913 webster

   2. hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty;
      as, to assume the scepter.
      1913 webster

            the scepter shall not depart from judah, nor a
            lawgiver from between his feet, until shiloh come.
                                                  --gen. xlix.
                                                  10.
      1913 webster scepter
see also:
shaft scape 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

sceptre
     n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter syn: scepter
     2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff syn: scepter, verge, wand
see also:
scepter verge wand 

[4] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

sceptre
     
        designing and analysing circuits.
     
        "sceptre: a computer program for circuit and systems
        analysis", j.c. bowers et al, p-h 1971.
     
     

[5] : Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary

sceptre
   heb. shebet = gr. skeptron, properly a staff or rod. as a
   symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the
   idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people gen. 49:10;
   num. 24:17; ps. 45:6; isa. 14:5. there is no example on record
   of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a jewish king.
   

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