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Meaning of Sceptre | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈsɛptə

Definitions

A hamlet (special service area) in the Rural Municipality of Clinworth, Saskatchewan, Canada.
An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

Equivalents

Afrikaans septer

العربية الصولجان صولجان

Беларуская жазло

Български жезъл

Bosanski spira žezlo

Català ceptre

Čeština žezlo

Deutsch Szepter Zepter

Ελληνικά σκήπτρο

Esperanto sceptro

Español cetro

Suomi valtikka

Français sceptre

Gaeilge slat ríoga

Galego cetro

עברית שַׁרְבִיט

Hrvatski spira žezlo

Magyar jogar

Հայերեն գայիսոն գավազան

Bahasa Indonesia jogan

Italiano scettro

日本語王笏

ქართული კვერთხი

한국어 왕홀

Kurdî çogan

Latina baculum scēptrum

Македонски жезол

മലയാളം ചെങ്കോൽ

Bahasa Melayu cogan

Nederlands scepter

Polski berło

Português cetro

Română sceptru

Русский жезл скипетр

Slovenčina žezlo

Српски spira žezlo

Svenska spira

தமிழ் செங்கோல்

ไทย คทา

Tagalog setro

Examples

““Divine receptacle of excellence, let it not be deemed impertinent, or deviating from the rules of propriety, if I propound one queſtion which now labours in my breaſt; aſſuring me firſt, you will not let the ſceptre of true judgment depart from your right hand.””

“To the fleet he came / Bearing rich ranſom glorious to redeem / His daughter, and his hands charged with the wreath / And golden ſceptre of the God shaft-arm’d.”

“But what had occupied him most was the robe he was to wear at his coronation, the robe of tissued gold, and the ruby-studded crown, and the sceptre with its rows and rings of pearls.”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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