mace - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • spiked: There are less noble weapons that you can wield, such as an executioner's ax or spiked maces.
  • silver: Two silver maces dating back to 1680 are still used at every Boro Council meeting.

Converse of object

  • include: All Mayors will have a chain of office, but some will have other insignia including a mace or robes of office.
  • bear: The Esquire Bedell bears the mace in the Queenâs academic procession.
  • use: If using blade mace, there is no need to grate it: just crush between your fingers and sprinkle it in.
  • wield: He sank onto a couch, then looked up to see the battle crazed glare of an Iranian soldier wielding a heavy mace.

Adjective modifier

  • ceremonial: The city's ceremonial mace, now on display in the Guildhall Museum, dates from that year.
  • great: The marsh is dominated by soft rush and there are small stands of great reed mace.
  • medieval: In silhouette, the ensemble is akin to a huge medieval mace.
  • new: This ceremony is also special because it marks the first public outing for a new mace.

Modifies a noun

  • bearer: The Mayoral party, led in by the mace bearer, was a spectacular sight as they took their places on the dais.
  • head: Their purpose is unclear but finds of human bones and stone mace heads suggest ritual offerings.

Noun used with modifier

  • reed: We also came across a patch of reed mace going to seed.
  • silver: At the same time he also gave the City its magnificent silver gilt mace.
  • ground: Crush the mace blades ( or ground mace ) and add them to the pan.
  • city: However during the talks the Lord Mayor of London attacked Wat Tyler with the city mace.
  • blade: If using blade mace, there is no need to grate it: just crush between your fingers and sprinkle it in.
  • iron: Then I turned to where Weena lay beside my iron mace.

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