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# mace

«mace» in Mova's school dictionary: **A heavy club with a metal head, often with spikes, used…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a mace, maces; mace – the spice, uncountable); noun (Mace – a brand name of spray)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A heavy club with a metal head, often with spikes, used as a weapon by knights in the Middle Ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#m1)

2) A decorated staff (a fancy stick) carried in ceremonies to show the power of a mayor, parliament or university. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#m2)

3) A spice made from the red covering of the nutmeg seed. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#m3)

4) (US) A spray that stings the eyes, used by some police; often called by the brand name Mace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons a mace is a weapon of medieval knights. In citizenship lessons, the mace in the UK House of Commons, the Australian House of Representatives and other parliaments shows that Parliament is meeting; it is placed on the table during sittings. In cooking, mace is a spice used in cakes and sauces. Phrases: «the ceremonial mace», «a spiked mace», «a pinch of mace».

### examples

- The knight swung his mace at the enemy shield. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x1)
- The mace is carried into Parliament at the start of each day. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x2)
- The mayor walked in behind a man carrying a silver mace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x3)
- Gran puts a pinch of mace in her Christmas cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x4)
- Mace comes from the same fruit as nutmeg. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x5)
- In the museum we saw a spiked iron mace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x6)
- Without the mace on the table, the House of Commons cannot do its business. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x7)
- The university mace is used at graduation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x8)
- Thereupon he said, "This mace will do for the Snake!" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/#x9)

### note

«A mace» (weapon or staff) is countable: two maces. Mace the spice is uncountable: «some mace». Spelled with c; sounds like «mace» rhymes with «face». Trap: «Mace» spray (a brand) is a different thing again. Not a maths word.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «mace» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/mace/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.