Sentence examples for scepter of from inspiring English sources

She also learned that the iris blossoms were used as an emblem of power on the brow of the Sphinx and on the scepter of Egyptian monarchs.

Speaking to Democrats in Grove on Wednesday, Mr. Carson assailed Dr. Coburn's backing of Mr. Ewing as the idea that he can "pass on the scepter of rule".

The dictator of Cuba handed the scepter of supreme power to his younger brother Raul — the first leadership change, albeit a temporary one, since Castro seized control of the island in 1959.

This is like somebody having the scepter of an Egyptian king".

Tavion has recovered the "Scepter of Ragnos", which has the power to drain and release Force energy.

Stiffly King Samsor's fingers tightened on the scepter of polished wood, a carving in its hilt representing his sigil, the raging beefalo.

Now, Reuters reports, Lucy, stored in a vault in an Ethiopian museum, is scheduled to be displayed, along with other Ethiopian artifacts like the crowns and scepters of ancient rulers, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

It also spares him the uncomfortable Solomonic choice of handing off the scepter to one of his key lieutenants and seeming to snub the other.

Her right hand holds a scepter composed of four sprays of wheat, terminating with a crown of King's College which refers to Columbia's origin as a Royalist institution in 1754.

The world's last Hindu king, Gyanendra of Nepal, turned in his scepter and bird-of-paradise plumed crown, and he announced that he would live as a commoner, accepting the will of the country's new Maoist-led government.

His wife was sitting on a high throne, holding a scepter made of precious stones.