Read full poem →Watched my lord’s coming forth, and pushed
The golden mace-bearers aside,
And fell at the king’s feet, and cried,--
Dictionary Entry
A heavy fighting club.
In a Sentence
“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 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.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. macemace ironmace ground
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Poetry examples for “mace”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Must smite the chords rudely and hard,
As with hammer or with mace;
That they may render back
Read full poem →He served in folly. Woden falls, and Thor 5
Is overturned: the mace, in battle heaved
(So might they dream) till victory was achieved,