sceptren.

Brit.

/ˈsɛptə/, U.S.

/ˈsɛptər/

Forms: Middle English–1500s ceptre, Middle English ceptire, Middle English ceptur(e, ceptyr, Middle English–1500s ceptour, 1500s cepter; Middle English septir, Middle English–1500s septor, septre, septur(e, Middle English–1600s septer, Middle English seipter, septere, Middle English–1500s septour(e, 1500s septar; Middle English sceptir(e, sceptree, Middle English sceptoure, Middle English–1500s scepture, 1500s sceptar, 1500s–1800s scepter, Middle English– sceptre.

Etymology: Middle English ceptre, septre, sceptre, < Old French ceptre, sceptre (modern French sceptre) = Spanish cetro, Portuguese sceptro, Italian scettro, scetro, < Latin scēptrum, scæptrum, < Greek σκῆπτρον staff, sceptre, < root of σκήπτεσθαι to prop oneself, lean on something.

a. An ornamental rod or wand (often of gold and jewelled) borne in the hand as a symbol of regal or imperial authority.In England the royal assent to a bill passed by Parliament is signified by the sovereign's touching it with a sceptre.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre

kine-yardOE

wandc1330

sceptrea1340

king's wanda1400

king wanda1400

sceptre-wandc1485

mace1559

sceptre-staff1842

a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Cant. 511 Sceptire is þe kyngis wand, þat bitakyns his pouste.

c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3564 And she that bar the ceptre ful of floures Shal bere a distaf hire costes for to quyte.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7863 Þai sett a ceptre in his hand, þat man clepes kyngs wand.

a1400–50 Alexander 502 Þe king was sett in his sale with septer in hand.

1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) viii. xiii[i]. D ij b Swerde, sceptre [1554 scepter, 1558 seipter] crowne and state Imperiall.

1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 10 A septre with the dowe, and a rodd of gold for the King, and with a septre of iuere also with a dove, and an other rodd of gold also, for the Quene.

a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. ii. sig. a.iiii^v Duke Engystus, in honour excellent With septre and crowne, fyrst reygned royally.

1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vi. f. 73^v Shee appeared to them, shakynge a septer in her hande.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 188 His scepter showes the force of temporall power, the attribut to awe and maiestie.

1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 38 Who's that that beares the Scepter?.. Marquesse Dorset.

1689 London Gaz. No. 2461/3 This Act being touched with the Scepter, the President..Adjourned the Parliament to the 17th of this instant June.

1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 173 The figure of a sceptre inclosed within a wreath of crowns and sceptres interwoven.

1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. vii. 63 I swear by sceptre and by sword, As belted knight and Britain's lord.

1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 128 So sit I, like the King upon his throne: I hold the sceptre, here,—and lack the crown alone.

1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 147 The eagle with spread wings upon his ivory sceptre.

b. Heraldry. A representation of this.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > other miscellaneous representations

sheafc1420

Catherine wheel1584

sceptre1610

icicle1796

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. i. 191 The Field is Iupiter, a Scepter Roiall in Pale.

1845 H. Thompson Heraldry in Encycl. Metrop. V. 614/2 It is not usual, but Heraldic and allowable, to marshal behind the Arms of the Sovereign the different Sceptres to which he is entitled.

1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry 298 The other chief emblem of sovereignty—the Sceptre—is occasionally met with, as in the Whitgreave crest of augmentation.

c. In figurative context.

ΚΠ

1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 3. ⁋9 When her examination had convinced her [sc. Criticism], that the laws of just writing had been observed, she touched it with the amaranthine end of the sceptre, and consigned it over to immortality.

1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 67 Though they [sc. Tyranny and Falsehood] wield With blood-red hand the sceptre of the world.

d. Used to render Greek σκῆπτρον staff.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick

staffc725

yardc1000

bat?c1225

rodc1300

handstaffa1425

walking staffc1450

sceptre1526

walking stick1580

stick1620

nibbie1812

baton1860

waddy1974

1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xi. 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a deyinge, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshipped on the toppe of his Ceptre.

2. figurative. Taken as the power or authority symbolized by a sceptre; hence, royal or imperial dignity, sovereignty, supremacy.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority

richeeOE

kingdomOE

richdomOE

crownc1175

principalityc1350

realtya1375

regala1375

majestyc1375

thronea1382

sceptre1382

principatec1384

sovereignty1387

regalya1393

diadema1400

regalty?a1400

rialtyc1400

royaltya1425

rialc1425

regalityc1450

rialnessc1450

sovereignityc1560

throneship1599

principatie1677

thronedom?1790

sceptredom1878

1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlix. 10 The septre fro Juda shal not be takun awey.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xliv. 6 Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2011) 119 Of septur and soile, he sesit his brothir, And hym crowned as kyng in þat kith riche.

a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiv. sig. Qq7^v She (in whose mind Vertue gouerned with the scepter of Knowledge).

c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 3 Your Majesties self noe less, commanding, at your first entrie to your Roial scepter, to reform the grammar, and to teach Aristotle in his aun tongue.

1781 Logan in Sc. Paraphr. xviii. iv His sceptre shall protect the just.

1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 504 The Persian conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron sceptre.

1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 19 Could I not shatter the Briarean sceptre Which in this hundred-handed senate rules?

1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 185 Before the myrtle crown, and the stainless sceptre, of womanhood.

1902 Fuller-Maitland Oxf. Hist. Music IV. Introd. 4 The student of history watches the sceptre of musical supremacy passing, as it were, from England to the Netherlands.

3. A popular name of the sceptred gold unite first coined in 1604; also, †the name suggested for a silver coin in 1695.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > proposed silver coins

sceptre1695

silver unite1695

1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 62 One Piece which may be called the Sceptre or the Silver-Unite.

1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 6 2 Ja. I. Sovereigns or Units, vulgarly called Scepters.

1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 22 The Unitie or Unite..is also frequently called a scepter, from the scepter in the king's hand, in distinction to those..called Laurels, from the laureated head.

1870 H. W. Henfrey Guide Eng. Coins i. 56.

†4. (With capital initial.) A constellation in the southern hemisphere.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Sceptrum

sceptre1728

1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Scepter, Sceptrum,..one of the Six new Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of 17 Stars.

1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 476 There are many other constellations formed by different individuals; but these are not now generally admitted. Such are..the Sceptre of Brandenburgh [etc.].

1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.

sceptre-bearer n.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > sceptre-bearer

sceptre-bearer1598

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scetrigero, a ruler, a scepter-bearer, a sergeant at armes.

† sceptre-holder n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun]

princec1225

sovereign1297

monarch?a1439

royc1440

royalc1440

regala1450

crown1474

potentatec1475

throne1593

mulai1594

Monarcho1598

sovran1649

sceptre-holder1655

Elohima1682

head of state1873

the Palace1962

1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 8) i. 75 A Scepter..is so proper to a King as he is called a Scepter-holder.

† sceptre-staff n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre

kine-yardOE

wandc1330

sceptrea1340

king's wanda1400

king wanda1400

sceptre-wandc1485

mace1559

sceptre-staff1842

1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 124 Till thy hand Fail from the sceptre-staff.

† sceptre-wand n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre

kine-yardOE

wandc1330

sceptrea1340

king's wanda1400

king wanda1400

sceptre-wandc1485

mace1559

sceptre-staff1842

c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 178 The septer wand suld nocht be away tane fra the princis of jowry.

sceptre-bearing adj.

ΚΠ

?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 69 The other scepter-bearing States..obeyd The peoples Rector.

1625 T. May tr. J. Barclay in K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. viii. 88 Restore them; or no reuerence shall withstand Of thy crown'd head, or Scepter-bearing hand.

C2.

† sceptre broad-piece n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

1701 London Gaz. No. 3739/4 A striped Silk Spring-Purse with Scepter Broad Pieces of Gold and others, Guineas, Pistols, &c.

sceptre-flower n. (see quot. 1866).

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > other flowers

spring flowera1586

globe-daisy1597

sceptre-flower1866

1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Sceptre-flower. Sceptranthus.

† sceptre-piece n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 86 1 Crown or Scepter piece 0 6 3.

1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins (1745) 12 A unit of his [Jas. I] 2^d year, called a scepter piece.

† sceptre-rule n. Obsolete (see quot. 1611).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler

richeeOE

worldricheeOE

kindomeOE

kinrikeOE

kingriklOE

kine-erdc1275

kine-landc1275

kine-thedec1275

reigna1300

kine-earthc1300

realmc1300

kingdoma1325

kinglanda1325

regionc1330

ligeancec1380

regneec1380

realtya1387

royalme1389

kingheada1393

regalty?a1400

rialmec1400

monarchy?a1425

rialtya1425

regaly?a1439

regality1486

richdom?1505

state1539

kingdomshipa1549

sceptre-rule1611

royalty1638

kingship1700

raj1781

1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Scetro,..a Kingdome or Scepter-rule.

† sceptre-state n. Obsolete a king.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun]

rexeOE

kingeOE

lede kingOE

kine-lordOE

rayc1440

sceptre-state1598

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king

rexeOE

kingeOE

sceptre-state1598

kingship1638

1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 83 The other scepter-states Rose and obayde the Generall.

† †sceptre-unite n. Obsolete = sense 3.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus

unite1604

Jacobite piece1611

Jacobine1612

Jacobus1612

piece1631

Jacob1662

sceptre1695

sceptre-piece1695

sceptre broad-piece1701

sceptre-unite1853

1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. xxxii. 464 After the coining of the units—coins of similar value—these pieces were sometimes called sceptre units.

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单词	sceptre
释义	sceptren. Brit. /ˈsɛptə/, U.S. /ˈsɛptər/ Forms: Middle English–1500s ceptre, Middle English ceptire, Middle English ceptur(e, ceptyr, Middle English–1500s ceptour, 1500s cepter; Middle English septir, Middle English–1500s septor, septre, septur(e, Middle English–1600s septer, Middle English seipter, septere, Middle English–1500s septour(e, 1500s septar; Middle English sceptir(e, sceptree, Middle English sceptoure, Middle English–1500s scepture, 1500s sceptar, 1500s–1800s scepter, Middle English– sceptre. Etymology: Middle English ceptre, septre, sceptre, < Old French ceptre, sceptre (modern French sceptre) = Spanish cetro, Portuguese sceptro, Italian scettro, scetro, < Latin scēptrum, scæptrum, < Greek σκῆπτρον staff, sceptre, < root of σκήπτεσθαι to prop oneself, lean on something. 1. a. An ornamental rod or wand (often of gold and jewelled) borne in the hand as a symbol of regal or imperial authority.In England the royal assent to a bill passed by Parliament is signified by the sovereign's touching it with a sceptre. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre kine-yardOE wandc1330 sceptrea1340 king's wanda1400 king wanda1400 sceptre-wandc1485 mace1559 sceptre-staff1842 a1340 R. Rolle Psalter Cant. 511 Sceptire is þe kyngis wand, þat bitakyns his pouste. c1386 G. Chaucer Monk's Tale 3564 And she that bar the ceptre ful of floures Shal bere a distaf hire costes for to quyte. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 7863 Þai sett a ceptre in his hand, þat man clepes kyngs wand. a1400–50 Alexander 502 Þe king was sett in his sale with septer in hand. 1430–40 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1494) viii. xiii[i]. D ij b Swerde, sceptre [1554 scepter, 1558 seipter] crowne and state Imperiall. 1485 Device Coronation Henry VII in W. Jerdan Rutland Papers (1842) 10 A septre with the dowe, and a rodd of gold for the King, and with a septre of iuere also with a dove, and an other rodd of gold also, for the Quene. a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. ii. sig. a.iiii^v Duke Engystus, in honour excellent With septre and crowne, fyrst reygned royally. 1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vi. f. 73^v Shee appeared to them, shakynge a septer in her hande. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice iv. i. 188 His scepter showes the force of temporall power, the attribut to awe and maiestie. View more context for this quotation 1623 W. Shakespeare & J. Fletcher Henry VIII iv. i. 38 Who's that that beares the Scepter?.. Marquesse Dorset. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2461/3 This Act being touched with the Scepter, the President..Adjourned the Parliament to the 17th of this instant June. 1757 tr. J. G. Keyssler Trav. IV. 173 The figure of a sceptre inclosed within a wreath of crowns and sceptres interwoven. 1813 W. Scott Bridal of Triermain ii. vii. 63 I swear by sceptre and by sword, As belted knight and Britain's lord. 1871 B. Taylor tr. J. W. von Goethe Faust I. vi. 128 So sit I, like the King upon his throne: I hold the sceptre, here,—and lack the crown alone. 1882 ‘Ouida’ In Maremma I. 147 The eagle with spread wings upon his ivory sceptre. b. Heraldry. A representation of this. ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > other heraldic representations > [noun] > other miscellaneous representations sheafc1420 Catherine wheel1584 sceptre1610 icicle1796 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie iv. i. 191 The Field is Iupiter, a Scepter Roiall in Pale. 1845 H. Thompson Heraldry in Encycl. Metrop. V. 614/2 It is not usual, but Heraldic and allowable, to marshal behind the Arms of the Sovereign the different Sceptres to which he is entitled. 1909 A. C. Fox-Davies Compl. Guide Heraldry 298 The other chief emblem of sovereignty—the Sceptre—is occasionally met with, as in the Whitgreave crest of augmentation. c. In figurative context. ΚΠ 1750 S. Johnson Rambler No. 3. ⁋9 When her examination had convinced her [sc. Criticism], that the laws of just writing had been observed, she touched it with the amaranthine end of the sceptre, and consigned it over to immortality. 1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab v. 67 Though they [sc. Tyranny and Falsehood] wield With blood-red hand the sceptre of the world. d. Used to render Greek σκῆπτρον staff. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > walking stick staffc725 yardc1000 bat?c1225 rodc1300 handstaffa1425 walking staffc1450 sceptre1526 walking stick1580 stick1620 nibbie1812 baton1860 waddy1974 1526 Bible (Tyndale) Heb. xi. 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a deyinge, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and worshipped on the toppe of his Ceptre. 2. figurative. Taken as the power or authority symbolized by a sceptre; hence, royal or imperial dignity, sovereignty, supremacy. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority richeeOE kingdomOE richdomOE crownc1175 principalityc1350 realtya1375 regala1375 majestyc1375 thronea1382 sceptre1382 principatec1384 sovereignty1387 regalya1393 diadema1400 regalty?a1400 rialtyc1400 royaltya1425 rialc1425 regalityc1450 rialnessc1450 sovereignityc1560 throneship1599 principatie1677 thronedom?1790 sceptredom1878 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Gen. xlix. 10 The septre fro Juda shal not be takun awey. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Psalms xliv. 6 Thy seate (o God) endureth for euer: the cepter of thy kyngdome is a right cepter. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2011) 119 Of septur and soile, he sesit his brothir, And hym crowned as kyng in þat kith riche. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Arcadia (1590) iii. xiv. sig. Qq7^v She (in whose mind Vertue gouerned with the scepter of Knowledge). c1620 A. Hume Of Orthogr. Britan Tongue (1870) Ded. 3 Your Majesties self noe less, commanding, at your first entrie to your Roial scepter, to reform the grammar, and to teach Aristotle in his aun tongue. 1781 Logan in Sc. Paraphr. xviii. iv His sceptre shall protect the just. 1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xlvi. 504 The Persian conqueror governed his new subjects with an iron sceptre. 1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) i. ii. 19 Could I not shatter the Briarean sceptre Which in this hundred-handed senate rules? 1865 J. Ruskin Sesame & Lilies ii. 185 Before the myrtle crown, and the stainless sceptre, of womanhood. 1902 Fuller-Maitland Oxf. Hist. Music IV. Introd. 4 The student of history watches the sceptre of musical supremacy passing, as it were, from England to the Netherlands. 3. A popular name of the sceptred gold unite first coined in 1604; also, †the name suggested for a silver coin in 1695. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > proposed silver coins sceptre1695 silver unite1695 1695 W. Lowndes Rep. Amendm. Silver Coins 62 One Piece which may be called the Sceptre or the Silver-Unite. 1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins 6 2 Ja. I. Sovereigns or Units, vulgarly called Scepters. 1763 T. Snelling View Gold Coin Eng. 22 The Unitie or Unite..is also frequently called a scepter, from the scepter in the king's hand, in distinction to those..called Laurels, from the laureated head. 1870 H. W. Henfrey Guide Eng. Coins i. 56. †4. (With capital initial.) A constellation in the southern hemisphere. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > constellation > Southern constellations > [noun] > Sceptrum sceptre1728 1728 E. Chambers Cycl. Scepter, Sceptrum,..one of the Six new Constellations of the Southern Hemisphere, consisting of 17 Stars. 1837 Penny Cycl. VII. 476 There are many other constellations formed by different individuals; but these are not now generally admitted. Such are..the Sceptre of Brandenburgh [etc.]. 1850 J. Ogilvie Imperial Dict. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. sceptre-bearer n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > ceremonial officials > [noun] > sceptre-bearer sceptre-bearer1598 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Scetrigero, a ruler, a scepter-bearer, a sergeant at armes. † sceptre-holder n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > [noun] princec1225 sovereign1297 monarch?a1439 royc1440 royalc1440 regala1450 crown1474 potentatec1475 throne1593 mulai1594 Monarcho1598 sovran1649 sceptre-holder1655 Elohima1682 head of state1873 the Palace1962 1655 W. Gouge & T. Gouge Learned Comm. Hebrewes (i. 8) i. 75 A Scepter..is so proper to a King as he is called a Scepter-holder. † sceptre-staff n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre kine-yardOE wandc1330 sceptrea1340 king's wanda1400 king wanda1400 sceptre-wandc1485 mace1559 sceptre-staff1842 1842 Ld. Tennyson Œnone (rev. ed.) in Poems (new ed.) I. 124 Till thy hand Fail from the sceptre-staff. † sceptre-wand n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > symbol of office or authority > regalia > [noun] > sceptre kine-yardOE wandc1330 sceptrea1340 king's wanda1400 king wanda1400 sceptre-wandc1485 mace1559 sceptre-staff1842 c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 178 The septer wand suld nocht be away tane fra the princis of jowry. b. sceptre-bearing adj. ΚΠ ?1611 G. Chapman tr. Homer Iliads ii. 69 The other scepter-bearing States..obeyd The peoples Rector. 1625 T. May tr. J. Barclay in K. Long tr. J. Barclay Argenis ii. viii. 88 Restore them; or no reuerence shall withstand Of thy crown'd head, or Scepter-bearing hand. C2. † sceptre broad-piece n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 1701 London Gaz. No. 3739/4 A striped Silk Spring-Purse with Scepter Broad Pieces of Gold and others, Guineas, Pistols, &c. sceptre-flower n. (see quot. 1866). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular cultivated or ornamental plants > particular flower or plant esteemed for flower > [noun] > other flowers spring flowera1586 globe-daisy1597 sceptre-flower1866 1866 J. Lindley & T. Moore Treasury Bot. Sceptre-flower. Sceptranthus. † sceptre-piece n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 1695 J. Locke Further Considerations conc. Raising Value of Money 86 1 Crown or Scepter piece 0 6 3. 1736 M. Folkes Table Eng. Gold Coins (1745) 12 A unit of his [Jas. I] 2^d year, called a scepter piece. † sceptre-rule n. Obsolete (see quot. 1611). ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > jurisdiction or territory of specific rulers or nobles > [noun] > of king or royal ruler richeeOE worldricheeOE kindomeOE kinrikeOE kingriklOE kine-erdc1275 kine-landc1275 kine-thedec1275 reigna1300 kine-earthc1300 realmc1300 kingdoma1325 kinglanda1325 regionc1330 ligeancec1380 regneec1380 realtya1387 royalme1389 kingheada1393 regalty?a1400 rialmec1400 monarchy?a1425 rialtya1425 regaly?a1439 regality1486 richdom?1505 state1539 kingdomshipa1549 sceptre-rule1611 royalty1638 kingship1700 raj1781 1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Scetro,..a Kingdome or Scepter-rule. † sceptre-state n. Obsolete a king. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > sovereign ruler or monarch > king > [noun] rexeOE kingeOE lede kingOE kine-lordOE rayc1440 sceptre-state1598 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > king rexeOE kingeOE sceptre-state1598 kingship1638 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades ii. 83 The other scepter-states Rose and obayde the Generall. † †sceptre-unite n. Obsolete = sense 3. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > English coins > [noun] > unite or Jacobus unite1604 Jacobite piece1611 Jacobine1612 Jacobus1612 piece1631 Jacob1662 sceptre1695 sceptre-piece1695 sceptre broad-piece1701 sceptre-unite1853 1853 H. N. Humphreys Coin Collector's Man. II. xxxii. 464 After the coining of the units—coins of similar value—these pieces were sometimes called sceptre units. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online March 2022). sceptrev. Brit. /ˈsɛptə/, U.S. /ˈsɛptər/ Etymology: < sceptre n. 1. transitive. To furnish with a sceptre. ΚΠ 1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. XXXiiii When he was..crowned with thornes, septred with a rede, in derision and scorne. 1634 Bp. J. Hall Contempl. Hist. New Test. (STC 12640.5) 263 Thy head smitten; thy hand sceptred with a reed. a1711 T. Ken Wks. (1721) I. 156 Jesus..Crown'd with sharp Thorns, and scepter'd with a Reed. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 223 Most like a mighty king was he, And crowned and sceptered royally. 2. To touch (with a sceptre) as a sign of royal assent or ratification. (Cf. sceptre n. 1.) ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [verb (transitive)] > touch with a sceptre as sign of royal assent sceptre1851 1851 A. Strickland Lives Queens of England I. Introd. 18 William III..arrogated exclusively to himself the privilege of sceptering or rejecting bills. Derivatives ˈsceptring n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > assent > [noun] > action of > touching with sceptre as sign of royal assent sceptring1821 1821 Examiner 449/1 The real meaning of scepterings and anointings. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1910; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.a1340v.1526
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