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1 English 1.1 Noun 1.1.1 Translations 1.2 Proper noun

English

Noun

mace (plural maces)

1. (Weapon) A weapon similar to a club, having a wooden, metal-reinforced or metal shaft and an iron or steel head.

   Quotations

   • 1786: The Mace is an ancient weapon, formerly much used by cavalry of all nations, and likewise by ecclesiastics , who in consequence of their tenures, frequently took the the field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword. — Francis Grose, A Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons, page 51.

2. A ceremonial form of this weapon.

   Quotations

   • 1598: I am a king that find thee; and I know 'Tis not the balm, the sceptre , and the ball, The sword, the mace, the crown imperial, The intertissued robe of gold and pearl... — William Shakespeare, Henvry V, Act IV, Scene I, line 259.

3. A spice obtained from the outer layer of the kernel of the fruit of the nutmeg.

   Quotations

   • 1610: I must have saffron to color the warden pies; mace; dates, none -- that's out of my note; nutmegs, seven; a race or two of ginger, but that I may beg; four pounds of prunes, and as many of raisins o' th' sun. — William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, Act IV, Scene III, line 45.

4. A common name for some types of tear gas.

Translations

weapon

Finnish: rautanuija French: masse f

Italian: mazza f

ceremonial form of this weapon

French: masse f

Italian: mazza f

spice

Finnish: muskottikukka French: macis m Greek: μοσχοκάρυδο

Italian: macis m or f Portuguese: macis m

Proper noun

Mace®

1. A brand of tear gas.