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===Etymology===
===Etymology===
From [[Ancient Greek]] '''[[σκήπτρον]]''' (''skeptron'') "staff, stick, baton", from '''[[σκήπτω]]''' (''skepto'') "to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff"
{{etyl|fro}} {{term|sceptre|lang=fro}}, from {{etyl|la}} {{term|sceptrum|lang=la}}, from [[Ancient Greek]] '''[[σκήπτρον]]''' (''skeptron'') "staff, stick, baton", from '''[[σκήπτω]]''' (''skepto'') "to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff"


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Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French (deprecated template usage) sceptre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) sceptrum, from Ancient Greek σκήπτρον (skeptron) "staff, stick, baton", from σκήπτω (skepto) "to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff"

Noun

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scepter (plural scepters)

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

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Verb

scepter (third-person singular simple present scepters, present participle sceptering, simple past and past participle sceptered)

  1. To give a scepter to.

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