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scepterdom

scepterdom is the alternative form of sceptredom.

Meaning of sceptredom

Noun

sceptredom (uncountable)

  1. (rare) Reign; 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 of scepterdom

From scepter + -dom.

Questions about scepterdom

What is scepterdom the alternative form of?
Scepterdom is the alternative form of sceptredom.

Words near scepterdom in the dictionary

  1. scentscapes
  2. scentwood
  3. scentwoods
  4. scepsis
  5. scepter
  6. scepterdom
  7. sceptered
  8. scepterellate
  9. sceptering
  10. scepterless
  11. scepters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: scepterdom (page history and authors); sceptredom (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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