| 单词 | to wield the sceptre |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto wield the (also a, one's) sceptre P2. to wield the (also a, one's) sceptre and variants: to exercise supreme authority; to reign, rule. Also figurative. Cf. to sway the sceptre at sway v. 8a, to wield the axe at axe n.1 Additions. ΘΠ society > authority > rule or government > sole rule > rule as monarch [verb (intransitive)] reignc1325 rikec1350 to sit on the (also one's) throne1538 to wield the (also a, one's) sceptre1567 monarchize1592 regalize1599 royalize1606 thronea1616 monarcha1653 sovereignize1661 1567 G. Turberville Epitaphes, Epigrams f. 140v Not to excell in seate or wield the Regall Mace, Or Scepter in such stately sort as might commende the place. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 (1623) iv. vii. 73 His Head by nature fram'd to weare a Crowne, His Hand to wield a Scepter . View more context for this quotation 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. vii. 164 The late prime favourite of England, who wielded her general's staff and controuled her parliaments. 1858 F. M. Müller German Classics p. xxvi The intellectual sceptre of Germany was wielded by a new nobility. 2018 Globe & Mail (Canada) (Nexis) 17 Feb. (Ontario ed.) a20 A longtime sovereign-in-waiting now bent on wielding his sceptre. < as lemmas |
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