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sceptre

[sep-ter] / ˈsɛp tər /


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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

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

May wisdom be your crown, compassion your sceptre and loving kindness your orb, adorned with the jewels of impartiality, humility and service, for the benefit of beings in this realm and beyond.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2023

Nico raised his sceptre and the ground trembled.

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

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




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