sceptre

Etymology

From 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”).

noun

1. (UK) An ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch as a symbol of power.

verb

1. To give a sceptre to.
   To Britain's queen the sceptred suppliant bends. 1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace
2. To invest with royal power.