sceptredom

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noun

Reign; sovereign rule.

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Meanings

nounsceptredom (uncountable)
  1. rareuncountableReign; sovereign rule.

    [S]tately Hyperion or the lordly ſonne, the moſt rutilant planet of the ſeuẽ, in Lent when Heralius herring enters into his chiefe reign and ſcepterdome, ſkippeth and danſeth[,] the goats iumpe on the earth for ioy of his entrance.

    1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 36

Origin

From sceptre + -dom.

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APA

sceptredom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sceptredom

MLA

“sceptredom.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sceptredom. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sceptredom,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sceptredom.

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