

maces
/ΛmeΙͺsΙͺz/


noun
A long baton used by some drum majors to keep time and lead a marching band. If this baton is referred to as a mace, by convention it has a ceremonial often decorative head, which, if of metal, usually is hollow and sometimes intricately worked.



noun
An officer who carries a mace as an emblem of authority.








