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mace: staff of office carried by a sergeant Err. IV. iii. 27; attributed to sleep Cæs. IV. iii. 267 “O murderous slumber! Lay'st thou thy leaden mace upon my boy?” (i.e. as if arresting him); sceptre of sovereignty H5 IV. i. 281, 2H6 IV. vii. 143.