sceptered

Questions about sceptered

What does sceptered mean?

sceptered means "invested with legal power or official authority especially as symbolized by having a scepter".

How many syllables are in sceptered?

sceptered has 2 syllables and divides as scep-tered under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for sceptered?

Close synonyms include empowered, sceptred. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sceptered a common word?

sceptered is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.