Sceptre

sep′tėr, n. the staff or baton borne by kings as an emblem of authority: royal power.— v.t. to invest with royal power.— adjs. Scep′tral , regal; Scep′tred , bearing a sceptre: regal.— n. Scep′tredom , reign.— adjs. Scep′trele , powerle , as a sceptrele king; Scep′try , bearing a sceptre, royal. [L. sceptrum —Gr. skēptron — skēptein , to lean.]