sceptre

Meanings

1. An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

1. To give a sceptre to.
2. To invest with royal power.

1. A hamlet (special service area) in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth, Saskatchewan, Canada.

Etymology

From Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).