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Sceptered

Scepter \Scep"ter\, Sceptre \Scep"tre\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Scepteredor Sceptred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Scepteringor Sceptring.] To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

To Britain's queen the sceptered suppliant bends.
--Tickell.

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sceptered

vb. (en-past of: scepter)

WordNet
sceptered

adj. invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter [syn: empowered, sceptred]

Usage examples of "sceptered".

And you, Achilles, never hope to fight it out with your king, pitting force against his force: no one can match the honors dealt a king, you know, a sceptered king to whom great Zeus gives glory.