What is another word for scepter?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛptə] (IPA)

The word scepter refers to a ceremonial staff or rod carried by a monarch as a symbol of their authority. There are several synonyms for the word scepter, including staff, rod, mace, baton, wand, and cane. Each of these synonyms has a slightly different connotation and usage. For example, a wand is typically associated with magic and wizardry, while a cane is often used for support and mobility. A mace, on the other hand, is a blunt weapon that can be used in battle. Regardless of the synonym used, the idea of a sovereign wielding a symbol of power and authority remains a common theme throughout history and literature.

Synonyms for Scepter:

What are the hypernyms for Scepter?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • hypernyms for scepter (as nouns)

What are the hyponyms for Scepter?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

Usage examples for Scepter

Great Duke of Lancaster, I come to thee From plume-pluckt Richard, who with willing Soule Adopts thee Heire, and his high scepter yeelds To the possession of thy Royall Hand.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
I giue this heauie Weight from off my Head, And this vnwieldie scepter from my Hand, The pride of Kingly sway from out my Heart.
"Richard-II"
Shakespeare, William
Then Squire Hexter began to read aloud, in a tone whose twist of satire gave the text its full flavor: We hasten to proclaim in the land of Egypt that Pharaoh Britt has reached for the scepter, though he had not loosed his grip on the gouge.
"When Egypt Went Broke"
Holman Day

Famous quotes with Scepter

  • After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.
    Pierre Corneille
  • I love my man as my fellow; but his scepter, real, or usurped, extends not to me, unless the reason of an individual demands my homage; and even then the submission is to reason, and not to man.
    Mary Wollstonecraft
  • I'm king of the dead—and I make my throne On a monument slab of marble cold; And my scepter of rule is the spade I hold: Come they from cottage or come they from hall, Mankind are my subjects, all, all, all! Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin— I gather them in, I gather them in!
    Park Benjamin
  • Night, sable goddess! from her ebon throne, In rayless majesty, now stretches forth Her leaden scepter o'er a slumbering world.
    Edward Young
  • Italy, we know, has been tied since 1949 to the United States in the Atlantic Alliance; and since 1949, there has been some strong resistance inside the Christian Democracy toward such a decisive, entangling, and suffocating involvement of our country with the United States. The most significant resistance to the Atlantic Alliance was perhaps not that of the great parliamentary protest mounted by the Communist and Socialist parties, but the subtler, more decisive, more pregnant, and more enduring resistance of certain sectors of the Christian Democracy who did not want to hitch Italy to the chariot of an unequal alliance, in which the scepter of com¬mand remained in the hands of the United States, but rather thought about the possibility of a neutralist policy for Italy (p. 23).
    Nico Perrone

Related words: jewish symbol, mesopotamian artifact, egyptian crown, jewish weapon, Egyptian crown

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