mace

IPA(Pronunciation)

/meɪs/

Noun

archaic

A heavy fighting club. / A ceremonial form of this weapon.

Japanese Meaning

重い戦闘用の棍棒 / 儀式用の棍棒

What is this buttons?

The knight raised his mace and charged into the fray.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

騎士は戦闘用の棍棒を振り上げ、戦いに突入した。

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Sense（1）

A heavy fighting club.

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 field, but were by a canon of the church forbidden to wield the sword.

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Sense（2）

A ceremonial form of this weapon.

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

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Sense（3）

A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.

Sense（4）

An officer who carries a mace as a token of authority.

On the left were the Commons with their Speaker, attended by the mace. The southern door opened: and the Prince and Princess of Orange, side by side, entered, and took their place under the canopy of state.

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