What is Scepter?
{{No sources}}[[File:Pedro_Américo_-_D._Pedro_II_na_abertura_da_Assembléia_Geral.jpg|thumb|Emperor [[Pedro II of Brazil]] holding a scepter]] A '''scepter''' is an ornamented wooden staff carried by rulers. A sceptre is used on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of [[sovereignty]]. [[Category:Royalty and nobility]]