as in dominion
royal power over a country
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Sticks, staff, swords, sabers, whips, or scepters including extendable items.
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
Some researchers previously believed the odd ivory baton was ritualistic and used as a noisemaker, scepter, wand or piece of art.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The new colossus, wielding a scepter in one hand and an orb in the other, was recently placed in one of the Capitoline Museums’ side gardens.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Before helping create Vision, it was encased in a scepter that Loki used to control minds in The Avengers.
—Glenn Greenberg, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
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Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 27 Mar. 2024
Some researchers previously believed the odd ivory baton was ritualistic and used as a noisemaker, scepter, wand or piece of art.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
The new colossus, wielding a scepter in one hand and an orb in the other, was recently placed in one of the Capitoline Museums’ side gardens.
—Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Feb. 2024
Before helping create Vision, it was encased in a scepter that Loki used to control minds in The Avengers.
—Glenn Greenberg, EW.com, 27 Oct. 2023
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“Scepter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scepter. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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