x-refthe American spelling of sceptre/ sceptre的美式拼法
Examples from the Corpus
scepter• But why carry a baton for sentiment when it should be a scepter?• There was a time when we waved our scepters and calmed the storms.• And she touched the top of my head with the scepter and Was gone.
Originscepter
(1200-1300)Old Frenchceptre, from Latinsceptrum, from Greekskeptron“long stick, scepter”