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  2. Category:Ceremonial maces - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to ceremonial maces, highly ornamented staffs of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by mace-bearers, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon.

  3. Ceremonial mace - Wikipedia

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    Some officials of the medieval Eastern Roman Empire carried maces for either practical or ceremonial purposes. Notable among the latter is the protoallagator, a military-judicial position that existed by about the 10th century A.D. and whose symbols of office were reported by the Palaiologan writer Pseudo-Kodinos in the 14th century to include a silver-gilt mace (matzouka).

  4. Ceremonial maces in the United Kingdom - Wikipedia

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    The other mace accompanies the Lord Chancellor on official duties outside the House of Lords. [20] Mace A was made in the reign of Charles II c. 1672, is 1.56 m (5.1 ft) long and weighs 11.21 kg (24.7 lb). [21] Mace B was made in the reign of William III and Mary II in 1695, is 1.58 m (5.2 ft) long and weighs 11.82 kg (26.1 lb). [22]

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  6. Serjeant-at-arms - Wikipedia

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    A ceremonial mace (English, 17th century) as carried by the monarch's sergeants-at-arms on state occasions. A serjeant-at-arms or sergeant-at-arms [a] is an officer appointed by a deliberative body, usually a legislature, to keep order during its meetings. The word "serjeant" is derived from the Latin serviens, which means "servant".

  7. Category:State ritual and ceremonies - Wikipedia

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    C. Cap of maintenance; Ceremonial mace; Ceremonial maces in the United Kingdom; Ceremonial oath of the Bundeswehr; Ceremony of the Flags; Ceremony of the Keys (Edinburgh)

  8. Bulawa - Wikipedia

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    A ceremonial bulava is now an official emblem of the president of Ukraine, and is housed in Ukraine's Vernadsky National Library. Ukrainian military heraldry often features bulava-images, particularly as a part of rank insignia for generals and admirals, as well as an element of the insignia of the Ministry of Defence and of the NSDC.

  9. Mace of the United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    A man holding the mace, to show scale. The design of the mace is derived from an ancient battle weapon and the Roman fasces. The ceremonial mace is 46 inches (120 cm) high and consists of 13 ebony rods—representing the original 13 states of the Union—bound together by silver strands criss-crossed over the length of the pole. The rods are ...

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