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Synonyms for mace

Grammar : Noun
Spell : meys
Phonetic Transcription : meɪs

Définition of mace

Origin :
  • "heavy metal weapon, often with a spiked head," late 13c., from Old French mace "a club, scepter" (Modern French masse), from Vulgar Latin *mattea (cf. Italian mazza, Spanish maza "mace"), from Latin mateola (in Late Latin also matteola) "a kind of mallet." The Latin word perhaps is cognate with Sanskrit matyam "harrow, club," Old Church Slavonic motyka "mattock," Old High German medela "plow" [Klein]. As a symbol of authority or office from mid-15c.
  • noun weapon
Example sentences :
  • In China, he is often represented with a mace (symbolizing a thunderbolt) instead of a sword.
  • Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
  • If you are told to use cloves, and have none, a bit of mace may be substituted.
  • Extract from : « Culture and Cooking » by Catherine Owen
  • Clear the gravy from the fat, and put into it four ounces of boiled rice, an onion stuck with cloves, and a blade of mace.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Slice to these the crumb of four small rolls, and then strain to it three quarts of good veal gravy, boiled with a blade of mace.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • Having cleaned them nicely, rub every part well with a seasoning of white pepper and salt, mace and allspice in fine powder.
  • Extract from : « The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, » by Mary Eaton
  • A knock came to the door, and seizing his mace the boy ran and opened it.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • So when the mace fell down again it hit him on the forehead.
  • Extract from : « Russian Fairy Tales » by W. R. S. Ralston
  • “Mace” is the “aril” or covering of the seed of the same plant.
  • Extract from : « Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany » by Douglas Houghton Campbell
  • A fleshy mantle of crimson color, which is mace, envelopes the seed.
  • Extract from : « Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value » by Harry Snyder
  • On the left were the Commons with their Speaker, attended by the mace.
  • Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

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