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How to pronounce sceptre in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms scepter, verge, wand
Type of staff
Has types bauble
Type Words
Synonyms scepter
Type of reign, sovereignty

Examples of sceptre

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Contains photos of the Imperial crown, sceptre and orb, with details about each.
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Sceptre last sailed in May, when she returned from an eight-month deployment.
From the navynews.co.uk
Gold rods, a gold spoon and a sceptre became part of the royal regalia, too.
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In one claw the eagle held the orb, and in the other a sword and a sceptre.
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He is generally depicted with a sceptre and diadem, conventional attributes of kings.
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Godunov tried to intervene, but received blows from the Tsar's sceptre.
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Does that mean the Bayreuth sceptre is set to pass to a non-Wagner?
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When the sceptre is borne by Zeus or Hades, it is headed by a bird.
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Dated to the early 6th century, it depicts an archangel holding a sceptre and imperial orb.
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  • Scepter: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
  • Scepter: a ceremonial or emblematic staff
  • A sceptre (or scepter in U.S. English) is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of royal regalia. While some sceptres resemble a mace, their use is quite different.
  • Sceptre (1899-1926) was a British-bred and British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse whose career ran from 1901 to 1904. In 1902 she became the only racehorse to win four British Classic Races outright.
  • Hodder & Stoughton is a British publishing house, now an imprint of Hachette.
  • To imagine in your dreams that you wield a sceptre, foretells that you will be chosen by friends to positions of trust, and you will not disappoint their estimate of your ability. ...
  • (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; Psa 45:6; Isa 14:5). ...
  • A staff carried by a dignitary that symbolizes his authority.
  • Sceptre of Rulership