Sceptre engenders homage (7)
I believe the answer is:
respect
'homage' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'sceptre engenders' is the wordplay.
'engenders' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'engendered' mean this).
'sceptre' with letters rearranged gives 'RESPECT'.
(Other definitions for respect that I've seen before include "Feeling of deep admiration" , "Show deference (to)" , "Refuse to offend" , "Look up to" , "Sceptre (anag)" .)