sceptre

 
Pronunciation: /ˈsɛptə/
(US scepter)

noun

  • an ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty: imperial regalia of orb and sceptre figurative a blue worker’s smock is his robe of office, his sceptre a venerable hoe

Derivatives

sceptred

adjective

Origin:

Middle English: from Old French ceptre, via Latin from Greek skēptron, from skēptein (alteration of skēptesthai) 'lean on'

Spelling help

Remember that sceptre begins with sc- and that the ending is -re (the spelling scepter is American).