sceptre

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She was also a severe asthmatic, always followed by a "frightened minion carrying her asthma inhaler, as though it were a crown, or a sceptre of some sort".

From BBC • Sep. 4, 2025

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

The origins of the sceptre are less certain - it may have been a papal gift to James IV.

From BBC • Jul. 4, 2023

The King stood up and shook his sceptre at her.

From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers