Look up: sceptre

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   SCEPTRE
   Designing and analysing circuits. ['SCEPTRE: A Computer Program for Circuit and Systems Analysis', J.C. Bowers et al, P-H 1971].
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   Sceptre
   A `sceptre` or `scepter` is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia. It resembles a mace.
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   Sceptre
   • (n.) A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace. • (v. t.) To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority. • (n.) Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
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   sceptre
   ornamented rod or staff borne by rulers on ceremonial occasions as an emblem of authority and sovereignty. The primeval symbol of the staff was ... [1 related articles]
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   sceptre
   
   1. the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
   2. a ceremonial or emblematic staff
   
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   Sceptre
   (from Greek skeptron) - a part of royal insignia, developed from a simple staff. A symbol of spiritual and worldly power. In the Middle Ages two forms were distinguished: a long staff (baculum), otherwise called rod, and a short one (sceptrum), although their meaning was identical. The long staff, topped with a globe, is a typical attribute of God in Carolingian painting. The topping of a sceptre ...
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