scepter

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The nunchuk moves the king while the Wii remote is your scepter, and recruiting people to follow you around and then directing them to do jobs for you is as easy as point and click.

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  1. noun A staff held by a sovereign as an emblem of authority.
  2. noun Ruling power or authority; sovereignty.
  3. transitive verb To invest with royal authority.

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  • The emperor raised his scepter, and darkness welled forth to batter Evergard's walls. —  F ;SF; - vol 100 issue 06 - June 2001
  • Jenny held the crop like a scepter, gazing towards the camera placidly. —  Scott checked his schedule for the afternoon
  • Fournet and DJ turned and stared at a portrait in oils of a woman in royal robes, glittering crown, scepter, and an all-too-familiar necklace. —  F ;SF; - vol 101 issue 04-05 - October-November 2001
  • The nunchuk moves the king while the Wii remote is your scepter, and recruiting people to follow you around and then directing them to do jobs for you is as easy as point and click. —  Latest from PALGN
  • And he brandished it like a scepter, doffing it to honor a soloing musician while bending on one knee. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
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  1. Middle English sceptre, from Old French, from Latin scēptrum, from Greek skēptron.
 

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