Scepter



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 权利杖;君权
• ［英］ n. 权利杖 ( a staff as an emblem of authority) ; 君权 ( sovereignty)

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English sceptre, from Anglo-French septre, from Latin sceptrum, from Greek skēptron staff, scepter, from skēptesthai to prop oneself — more at shaft
• Date: 14th century
• 1. a staff or baton borne by a sovereign as an emblem of authority
• 2. royal or imperial authority ; sovereignty

II. transitive verb (sceptered; sceptering)

• Date: 1526
• to invest with the scepter in token of royal authority

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