mace
a ceremonial staff carried as a symbol of authority, or a heavy spiked club used as a weapon
Mace in a sentence
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The official carried a golden mace as a symbol of the council's authority.
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The naturalist warned that the alpine bloom was blank, a spectacle of color that would vanish within days of the thaw, leaving no trace by midsummer.
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