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资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

资料来源 : WordNet®

scepter
     n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: {sceptre}]
     2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: {sceptre}, {verge}, {wand}]