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  • Mazzieri, once called servientes armorum, or halberdiers, were the bodyguard of the pope, and mazze (clavae, virgae) date back at least to the twelfth century (virgarii in chapter 40 of the Ordo of Cencius).

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913

  • The Blue Lagoon menu brings a Persian touch to the pan-Arabic meze tradition (or mezze or mazza, or, as this menu has it, mazze), where small plates aren't precursors to something else

    unknown title 2009

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