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# sceptre

«sceptre» in Mova's school dictionary: **a decorated rod or staff carried by a king or queen at…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a sceptre, sceptres)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A sceptre is a decorated rod or staff carried by a king or queen at ceremonies as a sign of their power. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#m1)

2) The sceptre can also mean royal power itself. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons and on visits to see crown jewels, pupils see sceptres with jewels and crosses on top. In stories and the Bible, a king holds out his sceptre; in the book of Esther, the king holds out his gold sceptre to Queen Esther to show she may approach. Phrases: "the royal sceptre", "orb and sceptre", "crown and sceptre".

### examples

- The king held the sceptre in his right hand. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x1)
- The crown, orb and sceptre were kept in the Tower of London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x2)
- (Bible) The king held out his gold sceptre to Queen Esther. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x3)
- The queen in our play had a sceptre made of a painted stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x4)
- The sceptre had a huge diamond at the top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x5)
- In the story, whoever held the magic sceptre ruled the land. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x6)
- In the one Omar had chosen lay a little gold crown and sceptre on a velvet cushion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/#x7)

### note

British spelling: sceptre; American spelling: scepter. Pronounced SEP-ter (the c is silent). Countable: a sceptre, sceptres. Do not confuse with "spectre" (a ghost).

### In the corpora

- [The well, which the princes digged, which the nobles of the people delved, with the sceptre, and with their staves.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.773/)
- [The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, the sceptre of the rulers,](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.303/)
- [Thy throne given of God is for ever and ever; a sceptre of equity is the sceptre of thy kingdom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.747/)
- [Gilead is mine, and Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.984/)
- [Gilead is mine, Manasseh is mine; Ephraim also is the defence of my head; Judah is my sceptre.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.2006/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «sceptre» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sceptre/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.