mace

(mās)
n.

1. A ceremonial staff borne or displayed as the symbol of authority of a legislative body.
2. A macebearer.
3. A heavy medieval war club with a spiked or flanged metal head, used to crush armor.

[Middle English, from Old French masse, from Vulgar Latin *mattea.]

mace² (mās)
n.
An aromatic spice made from the dried, waxy, scarlet or yellowish covering that partly encloses the kernel of the nutmeg.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Medieval Latin macis, alteration of Latin macir, fragrant ailanthus resin, from Greek makir.]

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[MAYS] This spice tastes and smells like a pungent version of nutmeg, and for a very good reason . . . Mace is the bright red membrane that covers the nutmeg seed. After the membrane is removed and dried it becomes a yellow-orange color. It's sold ground and, less frequently, whole (in which case it's called a "blade"). Mace is used to flavor all manner of foods, sweet to savory.

[Ar]

A club-like instrument with a perforated stone or metal head attached to a wooden or metal haft that was used as a weapon or ceremonial item. In medieval times, maces were made of iron and used for breaking defensive armour with a crushing blow.

A cynical view of the world by Ambrose Bierce

n.

A staff of office signifying authority. Its form, that of a heavy club, indicates its original purpose and use in dissuading from dissent.

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IN BRIEF: A heavy spiked club. Also: A kind of spice made from nutmeg.

The cookie recipe called for mace.

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For a list of words related to mace, see:

• Blades, Clubs, and Projectiles - mace: spiked heavy club, usu. metal
• Herbs and Spices
• Symbolic and Emblematic Attire - mace: ornamental staff carried as emblem of authority

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - stridsøkse, scepter, stav, stridskolbe

2.
n. - muskatblomme

Nederlands (Dutch)
staf, wapenstok, foelie, stafdrager, bagatellestok, mace (soort traangas ter zelfverdediging), met mace besproeien

Français (French)
1.
n. - masse d'armes, masse (le cérémonial)

2.
n. - macis (de la noix de muscade)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Keule, Amtsstab

2.
n. - (Bot.) Muskatblüte

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - σκήπτρο, ράβδος, κηρύκειο, είδος δακρυγόνου αέριου, (μαγειρ.) σκόνη μοσχοκάρυδου, (ιστ.) σιδερένιο ρόπαλο, κεφαλοθραύστης

Italiano (Italian)
mazza

Português (Portuguese)
n. - bastão (m), macis (flor da noz moscada) (f)

Русский (Russian)
булава

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - macís, macia (especia)

2.
n. - maza, bastón de mando, macero

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - muskotblomma, spikklubba, stav

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 锤矛, 持权杖者, 权杖

2. 豆蔻香料

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 豆蔻香料

2.
n. - 錘矛, 持權杖者, 權杖

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 전곤(곤봉 모양의 무기), 직장(시장, 총장 등 직책의 상징), 끝이 납작한 당구채

2.
n. - 육두구 가루

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 棍棒, 重い警棒, 平頭の球突き棒, 棍棒状の権標, 英国下院議長の職杖, メース, 権標
v. - メースで攻撃する

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أصلي, حقيقي, القشرة الخارجيه لجوزة الطيب, عصا‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮תרסיס הגנה (מפני התקפה), מין תבלין‬
n. - ‮שרביט, אלה כבדה‬

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