0 the ornamental rod carried by a monarch on ceremonial occasions as a sign of power. -- žezlo
Summoning an aide, he divested himself of the sceptre and orb as his wife knelt upon a crimson cushion before him.
Other trophies are the sceptre, the crown and the eagle's head and heart.
The power passes from our hands and the sceptre falls from our grasp.
Independence without security is a meaningless term, a paper crown, a tinsel sceptre.
Upon his head you have placed a fruitless crown, and put a barren sceptre in his grip.
There were some feathers attached to a particular sceptre which had been kept in perfect condition for about two hundred years.
The hand holding the sceptre should be visible, and there should be only one hand.
We have hauled down the flag and have passed sceptre to others.
