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 sceptre

 Scep·ter, Scep·tre  n.
 1. A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.
    And the king held out Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand.   --Esther v. 2.
 2. Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.
    The scepter shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come.   --Gen. xlix. 10.

 Scep·ter, Scep·tre , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sceptered or Sceptred (░); p. pr. & vb. n. Sceptering or 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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 sceptre
      n 1: the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter [syn: scepter]
      2: a ceremonial or emblematic staff [syn: scepter, verge, wand]

 Sceptre
    (Heb. shebet = Gr. skeptron), properly a staff or rod. As a
    symbol of authority, the use of the sceptre originated in the
    idea that the ruler was as a shepherd of his people (Gen. 49:10;
    Num. 24:17; Ps. 45:6; Isa. 14:5). There is no example on record
    of a sceptre having ever been actually handled by a Jewish king.