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sceptredom

sceptredom noun: reign; sovereign rule.

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 sceptredom

From sceptre + -dom.

Questions about sceptredom

What does sceptredom mean?
Sceptredom means reign; sovereign rule.
What part of speech is sceptredom?
Sceptredom is a noun.

Words near sceptredom in the dictionary

  1. scepticks
  2. sceptics
  3. sceptral
  4. sceptre
  5. sceptred
  6. sceptredom
  7. sceptreless
  8. sceptres
  9. sceptrin
  10. sceptring
  11. sceptrule

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