sceptre
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, n. [F. sceptre, L. sceptrum, from Gr. ? a staff to lean upon, a scepter; probably akin to E. shaft. See Shaft, and cf. Scape a stem, shaft.]
1.A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. [1913 Webster]
And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.— Esther v. 2.[1913 Webster]
2.Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter. [1913 Webster]
The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come. --Gen. xlix. 10. [1913 Webster] Scepter
Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor Sceptring.] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. [1913 Webster]
To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends. --Tickell. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
SCEPTRE
Designing and analysing circuits.
["SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems Analysis", J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].