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sceptre

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
sceptre /ˈseptə(r)/ (US scepter)

▶noun a staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.

– derivatives
sceptred adjective.

– origin ME: from OFr. ceptre, via L. from Gk skēptron, from skēptein ‘lean on’.

'sceptre' also found in these Oxford entries:

scape - scepter - shaft - staff

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