sceptre/scepter, rod, throne, constable

sceptre

(US scepter)

NOUN

• An ornamented staff carried by rulers on ceremonial occasions as a symbol of sovereignty.

  ‘imperial regalia of orb and sceptre’

  figurative ‘a blue worker's smock is his robe of office, his sceptre a venerable hoe’

Origin

Middle English: from Old French ceptre, via Latin from Greek skēptron, from skēptein (alteration of skēptesthai) ‘lean on’.

scepter 

• 音節scep • ter
• 発音séptər

[名]

1. 1（王が持つ）笏しゃく
2. 2〔the ～〕王権，王位

━━[動]他…に笏を与える，…を王位につかせる

scepterの派生語

1. sceptral 形

rod
A wand or staff as a symbol of office, authority, or power:the royal insignia included the ring, the sceptre, and the rod

rod 

• 音節rod
• 発音rάd | rɔ́d
• 大学入試レベル

[名]C

1. 1（金属・木などの）細長い棒（解説的語義）
   さお，釣りざお（fishing rod），避雷針（lightning rod），配水管清掃棒
   • a curtain rod
   • カーテンレール
2. 2((やや古))折檻のむち；〔the ～〕むち打ち，折檻
   • Spare the rod and spoil the child.
   • ((諺))むちを惜しんで子どもをだめにせよ，かわいい子には旅をさせよ
3. 3（権威を示す）職杖，権杖；〔the ～〕権威，支配，統治
   • rule the country with a rod of iron
   • 国を統治する
4. 4（土地などの）測量棒；物差し；（モルタルをならす）直定規
   • a measuring rod
   • 測量棒
5. 4a((主に英歴史上))１ロッド（◇測量棒の長さ；＝1/4 chain，5.5 yard（約５．０３ｍ））；（面積の）１ロッド（square rod）（◇１ロッド四方の面積；３０．２５平方ヤード（約２５．２９平米））
6. 5細長い棒状のもの（解説的語義）
   （まっすぐで細長い）若枝；((米略式))貨物列車，改造車（hot rod）；((米俗))拳銃，はじき，((卑))ペニス；《細菌》桿菌，《解剖》（目の）桿状体
7. 6《聖書》血筋，血族，子孫

throne

NOUN

• 1A ceremonial chair for a sovereign, bishop, or similar figure.

  ‘King Solomon's great ivory throne’

  as modifier ‘the throne room’

  1. 1.1the throne Used to signify sovereign power.
     ‘the heir to the throne’
  2. 1.2humorous A toilet.
  3. 1.3thrones(in traditional Christian angelology) the third-highest order of the ninefold celestial hierarchy.

VERB

[WITH OBJECT]literary 

• Place (someone) on a throne.

  ‘the king was throned on a rock’

Origin

Middle English: from Old French trone, via Latin from Greek thronos ‘elevated seat’.

Joseph de Maistre - Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_de_Maistre

Joseph-Marie, Comte de Maistre was a French-speaking Savoyard philosopher, writer, lawyer, and diplomat, who advocated social hierarchy and monarchy in the period immediately following the French Revolution. Wikipedia

Born: April 1, 1753, Chambéry, France
Died: February 26, 1821, Turin, Italy
Parents: François-Xavier Maistre
Children: Rodolphe de Maistre

Quotes

Every country has the government it deserves.

Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.

All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.

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• Essai sur le Principe Générateur des Constitutions Politiques, 1814, [1st. Pub. 1809]