Sceptre

Alternative forms

• scepter US

Origin

Old French sceptre, from Latin sceptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skeptron, "staff, stick, baton"), from σκήπτω (skepto, "to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff").

Full definition of sceptre

Noun

1. An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Derived terms

• was-sceptre

Verb

1. To give a sceptre to.
• TickellTo Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends.

Anagrams

• respect, scepter, specter, spectre