sceptre
noun
a variant of scepter.
Example Sentences
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Even without Lithgow’s Churchill, The Crown looks set to ruffle feathers across this sceptred isle.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 2, 2016
They like it that way on the sceptred isle, defined by rising chalky cliffs, so green and apart.
From US News ● Jun. 27, 2016
On the Bard's 450th birthday, take a tour of the "sceptred isle" that inspired his works - and look at how the locations have changed.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
And in Richard II, Shakespeare uses the area as the place where John of Gaunt makes his famous "sceptred isle" speech.
From BBC ● Apr. 22, 2014
But mercy is above this sceptred sway; It is enthroned in the hearts of kings.
From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt
