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Sceptre
Staff held by a ruler to symbolize authority / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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For other uses, see Sceptre (disambiguation).
A sceptre (or scepter in American English) is a staff or wand held in the hand by a ruling monarch as an item of royal or imperial insignia, signifying sovereign authority.
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