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Mace

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Originally a club armed with iron, and used in war. Both sword and mace are ensigns of dignity, suited to the times when men went about in armour, and sovereigns needed champions to vindicate their rights.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Macdonald
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Macheath (Captain)
Machiavelli
Machiavellism
Mackintosh or Macintosh
Macklin
Macmillanites
Macsycophant (Sir Pertinax)
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Macedonian Madman (The)
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