- a variation of scepter.
sceptre
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The drag star described the show as the "most amazing experience" after collecting the sceptre from series six winner Kyran Thrax.
From BBC ● Nov. 28, 2025
During the Westminster Abbey ceremony, the King was anointed with "holy oil", and received the orb and sceptre, symbols of royalty.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2024
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
The crown, sceptre and sword will be carried into the cathedral by dignitaries including former Olympic rower Dame Katherine Grainger.
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
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
The idea which emerged was a potted history of this sceptred isle, starting with the Thames which a deftly edited film followed from its source to Big Ben.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2012
But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
