- a variation of scepter.
sceptre
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Flowers spelling "Vivienne", "James" and "Son" were in the hearse, and the crown and sceptre awarded to Drag Race winners were carried ahead of the coffin.
From BBC ● Jan. 27, 2025
The result: An imposing figure of a seated emperor, draped in a gilded tunic and holding a sceptre and orb, gazing out over his Rome from a side garden of the Capitoline Museums.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
Mary Queen of Scots was the first to be crowned using the new crown and sceptre together, in 1543.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
Made of gold, silver and precious gems, they are the oldest crown jewels in Britain and comprise the priceless crown, sceptre and sword of state.
From BBC ● Jul. 4, 2023
The sceptre of Diocletian was smoking in Nico’s hands.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
Even without Lithgow’s Churchill, The Crown looks set to ruffle feathers across this sceptred isle.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2016
They like it that way on the sceptred isle, defined by rising chalky cliffs, so green and apart.
From US News ● Jun. 27, 2016
And in Richard II, Shakespeare uses the area as the place where John of Gaunt makes his famous "sceptred isle" speech.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
On the Bard's 450th birthday, take a tour of the "sceptred isle" that inspired his works - and look at how the locations have changed.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
