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MACE
A short ornamental heavy staff with decorated headpiece usually of heraldic device, carried by or before certain ecclesiastical officials, e.g., a bishop, as a symbol of authority.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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