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"en:Monarchy"
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"etymology_text": "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”).",
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"ref": "1713, Thomas Tickell, On the Prospect of Peace:",
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"To give a sceptre to."
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"(figurative) To invest with royal power."
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