scepter

[ sep-ter ]

/ ˈsɛp tər /

a rod or wand borne in the hand as an emblem of regal or imperial power.

royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty.

to give a scepter to; invest with authority.

Also especially British, scep·tre.

Origin of scepter

1250–1300; Middle English ( s)ceptre < Old French < Latin scēptrum < Greek skêptron staff; akin to shaft

scep·ter·less, adjective scep·tral

[sep-truh l] /ˈsɛp trəl/, adjective un·scep·tered, adjective

In a cave, with his foot upon the corpse of a youth, sat the crowned and sceptered majesty of Death.

Mizora: A Prophecy |Mary E. Bradley
Robed in his snowy ermine he stands out a sceptered hermit wrapped in his isolation.

A Summer's Outing |Carter H. Harrison
There wasn't a knight in either team who wasn't a sceptered sovereign.

A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete |Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)
Hence it is among these that poverty sits enthroned—a sceptered king ruling amid disease and death.

Twentieth Century Negro Literature |Various

On the wall above the bed hung the portrait of the late King Alsen, sceptered, official, and benevolent.

Captives of the Flame |Samuel R. Delany