A staff or baton borne by a sovereign, as a ceremonial badge or emblem of authority; a royal mace.

Hence, royal or imperial power or authority; sovereignty; as, to assume the scepter.

To endow with the scepter, or emblem of authority; to invest with royal authority.

the imperial authority symbolized by a scepter

a ceremonial or emblematic staff

Baton or insignia of authority, such as the crook, flail, " Was", or the "kherep".

A sceptre or scepter is a symbolic ornamental staff held by a ruling monarch, a prominent item of kingly regalia.