Scepter /(?)/

1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.

   And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.

2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.

   The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.

imp. & p. p. Sceptered; p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering

1. To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

   To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.