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noun the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter
noun a ceremonial or emblematic staff
originFrom Middle English septre, sceptre, from Old French sceptre, from Latin scēptrum, from Ancient Greek σκῆπτρον (skêptron, “staff, stick, baton”), from σκήπτω (skḗptō, “to prop, to support, to lean upon a staff”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0