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Ceremonial mace
Ornamental staff to show authority rather than as an actual weapon / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, derives from the original mace used as a weapon. Processions often feature maces, as on parliamentary or formal academic occasions.
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