Mace may refer to:

Spices

* Mace (spice), a spice derived from the aril of nutmeg * '' Achillea ageratum'', known as English mace, a flowering plant once used as a herb

Weapons

Mace (bludgeon) A mace is a blunt weapon, a type of Club (weapon), club or virge that uses a heavy head on the end of a handle to deliver powerful Strike (attack), strikes. A mace typically consists of a strong, heavy, wooden or metal shaft, often reinforced wi ...

, a weapon with a heavy head on a solid shaft used to bludgeon opponents **

Flail (weapon) A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail is its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry. Its chief liability is a lack of ...

, a spiked weapon on a chain, sometimes called a chain mace or mace-and-chain **

Ceremonial mace A ceremonial mace is a highly ornamented staff of metal or wood, carried before a Head of state, sovereign or other high officials in civic ceremonies by a mace-bearer, intended to represent the official's authority. The mace, as used today, der ...

, an ornamented mace used in civic ceremonies **

Gada (mace) The gada (Sanskrit: गदा ''gadā'', Kannada: ''ಗದೆ'', Telugu: ''గద'', Tamil: ''கதை'', Malay: ''gedak'', Old Tagalog: ''batuta'') is a mallet or blunt mace from the Indian subcontinent. Made either of wood or metal, it con ...

, the blunt mace or club from India *** Kaumodaki, the gada (mace) of the Hindu god Vishnu *

Mace (spray) Mace is the brand name of an early type of aerosol self-defense spray invented by Alan Lee Litman in the 1960s. The first commercial product of its type, Litman's design packaged phenacyl chloride (CN) tear gas dissolved in hydrocarbon solvents i ...

, a brand of tear gas, often used by police * MGM-13 Mace, a U.S. tactical surface-to-surface missile * Multi-mission Affordable Capacity Effector, a U.S. air-launched cruise missile

Science and technology

* Major adverse cardiovascular events, a criterion for evaluating cardiovascular disease treatments such as angioplasty * Malone antegrade continence enema, a surgical procedure used to create a continent pathway proximal to the anus *

Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment Telescope Major Atmospheric Cerenkov Experiment Telescope (MACE) is an imaging atmospheric Cerenkov telescope (IACT) located near Hanle, Ladakh, India. It is the highest (in altitude) and second largest Cerenkov telescope in the world. It was built by ...

, a telescope being built by ECIL to be placed at Hanle * Models And Counter-Examples, a computer software for model generation * Metal assisted chemical etching * Multi Atomic Cluster Expansion, a machine learning architecture for a chemical force field

Arts and entertainment

* Mace (G.I. Joe), a fictional character in the G.I. Joe universe * Sgt. Colt "Mace" Howards, a fictional character in the 1988 animated TV series '' COPS'' * Mace, a fictional character in the 1995 film '' Strange Days'' * Mace, a fictional character in the 2007 film '' Sunshine'' * M.A.C.E. Music, an American record label * '' Mace: The Dark Age'', a 1997 video game *

Mace Windu Mace Windu is a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' franchise. He was introduced in the Star Wars prequel trilogy, prequel trilogy as a Jedi Master who sits on the Jedi Council, Jedi High Council during the final years of the Galactic Repub ...

, a fictional character in the ''Star Wars'' universe * Mace Tyrell, a fictional character in the ''A Song of Ice and Fire'' book series and its TV adaption ''Game of Thrones''

Businesses and organizations

* Mace (construction company), an international consultancy and construction company * Mace (retailer), a convenience store chain in the United Kingdom and Ireland * Mace Security International, a manufacturer of personal defense products, e.g. Mace pepper spray * Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, an Indian engineering college * Media Archive for Central England, a public sector regional film archive that collects, preserves and provides access to moving image material * Metropolitan Architectural Consortium for Education

People

* Mace (surname), a list of people * Mace (crossword compiler), a pseudonym of crossword compiler Margaret Irvine (1948–2023) *

Mace (wrestler) Brennan Marcel Williams (born February 5, 1991) is an American professional wrestler and former football player. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW) under the ring name Mason Madden as one-half of the tag team MxM Collection alongside Ma ...

(Dio Maddin; born 1991), American professional wrestler * Mace Brown (1909–2002), American baseball player * Mace Coronel (born 2004), American actor * Mace Francis (born 1978), Australian composer and academic * Mace Matiosian, American sound editor * Mace Neufeld (1928–2022), American film producer

Places

* Macé, Normandy, France * Mače, Croatia * Mače, Slovenia * Mace, Indiana, U.S. *

Hill 262 Hill 262, or the Mont Ormel ridge (elevation ), is an area of high ground above the village of Coudehard in Normandy that was the location of a bloody engagement in the final stages of the Battle of Falaise in the Operation Overlord, Normandy Cam ...

in Normandy, France, known as the "Mace" in World War II

Other uses

Mace (unit) A mace (; Hong Kong English usage: tsin; Southeast Asian English usage: chee) is a traditional Chinese measurement of weight in East Asia that was also used as a currency denomination. It is equal to 10 candareens and is of a tael or approximatel ...

, an English term for a traditional Chinese measurement of weight * Mace debating, a particular style of debating * Member of the Australian College of Educators