What is another word for sceptre?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛptə] (IPA)

The word sceptre is a symbol of authority and power, often associated with rulers and monarchs. However, there are many different words that can be used to describe this symbol. Some synonyms for sceptre include: staff, rod, baton, mace, wand, and cane. Each of these words has its own unique connotations and history, as well as different cultural associations. For example, a wand is often associated with magic and supernatural powers, while a staff may be used by religious figures as a symbol of their authority. By exploring the different synonyms for sceptre, we can gain a deeper understanding of the many ways in which power and authority are expressed in different cultures and contexts.

What are the hypernyms for Sceptre?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    symbol of authority, Symbol of Power, royal emblem, royal emblem of authority, royal insignia, royal rod, royal staff, royal symbol.

Usage examples for Sceptre

It was a lovely, living woman who crossed the room to me now; a woman awake to her own powers, conscious of the sceptre, and the gifts, and the kingdom that Nature puts into the hands of a woman for a few years, I felt all this as I looked at her, saw it in her advance towards me, heard it in the soft tones of her voice as she said,- "Well, Victor, are you glad I have come?"
"To-morrow?"
Victoria Cross
The names of those heroic sovereigns, Edward the Third, and Henry the Fifth, who brought their people to the fields of conquest, descend to posterity with the highest applause, though they brought their kingdom to the brink of ruin; while those quiet princes, Henry the Seventh, and James the First, who cultivated the arts of peace, are but little esteemed, though under their sceptre, England experienced the greatest improvement.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton
The gentle hand of Brunswick, had swayed the British sceptre near half a century, ere all the sons of science in this meridian, were compleatly reconciled to this favourite line.
"An History of Birmingham (1783)"
William Hutton

Famous quotes with Sceptre

  • A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.
    Edith Evans
  • Taught from infancy that beauty is woman's sceptre, the mind shapes itself to the body, and roaming round its gilt cage, only seeks to adorn its prison.
    Mary Wollstonecraft
  • In the center sits Mary, with her crown on her head and her son in her lap, enthroned, receiving the homage of heaven and earth; of all time, ancient and modern; of all thought, Christian and Pagan; of all men, and all women; including if you please, your homage and mine, which she receives without question, as her due; which she cannot be said to claim, because she is above making claims; she is empress. Her left hand bore a sceptre; her right supported the child, who looks directly forward, repeating the mother's attitude, and raises his right hand to bless, while his left rests on the orb of empire. She and her child are one.
    Henry Adams
  • The Virginians are said to pride themselves upon the peculiar tenderness with which they visit the sceptre of authority on their African vassals.To give liberty to a slave before he understands its value is, perhaps, rather to impose a penalty than to bestow a blessing; but it is not clear to me that the southern planters are duly exerting themselves to prepare the way for that change in the condition of their black populations which they profess to think not only desirable but inevitable.
    Frances Wright
  • My face and your faces shall not be masked; our hand shall hold neither sword nor sceptre, and our subjects shall love us in peace and shall not be in fear of us." Thus spoke Jesus, and unto all the kingdoms of the earth I was blinded, and unto all the cities of walls and towers; and it was in my heart to follow the Master to His kingdom.
    Khalil Gibran

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