John Sandfield Macdonald was the joint premier of the Province of Canada as the attorney general of Canada West (1862–64) and the first premier of Ontario (1867–71). Macdonald was called to the bar in 1840, and the next year he was elected to the Canadian Parliament for Glengarry, a seat he held

oceanic ridge: Pacific Ocean: During the 1980s, Kenneth C. Macdonald, Paul J. Fox, and Peter F. Lonsdale discovered that the main spreading centre appears to be interrupted and offset a few kilometres to one side at various places along the crest of the East Pacific Rise. However, the ends of the offset…

Malcolm I was the king of the Picts and Scots (Alba). Malcolm succeeded to the crown when his cousin Constantine II entered a monastery (943). He annexed Moray to the kingdom for the first time. After driving the Danes from York, the English king Edmund turned Cumbria over to Malcolm, apparently as

graphic design: Art Nouveau: …McNair joined artists (and sisters) Margaret and Frances Macdonald in a revolutionary period of creativity beginning in the 1890s. This group in Glasgow, Scotland, combined rectangular structure with romantic and religious imagery in their unorthodox furniture, crafts, and graphic designs. In a poster it made for the Glasgow Institute of…

Norm Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor known for his acerbic wit and deadpan delivery. He was best known as a writer and cast member for the sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live (SNL; 1993–97) and for anchoring the show’s Weekend Update news segment sketch.

Norm Macdonald was a Canadian stand-up comedian and actor known for his acerbic wit and deadpan delivery. He was best known as a writer and cast member for the sketch comedy television series Saturday Night Live (SNL; 1993–97) and for anchoring the show’s Weekend Update news segment sketch.

Ramsay MacDonald was the first Labour Party prime minister of Great Britain, in the Labour governments of 1924 and 1929–31 and in the national coalition government of 1931–35. MacDonald was the son of an unmarried maidservant. He ended his elementary education at the age of 12 but continued at

Ross Macdonald was an American mystery writer who is credited with elevating the detective novel to the level of literature with his compactly written tales of murder and despair. Though born in California, Millar spent almost all his youth in Canada. He studied at Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate

Sir Hector Macdonald was a British soldier who won the rare distinction of rising from the ranks to major general. The son of a crofter-mason, he enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders at the age of 18. In 1879 Macdonald took part in the Second Afghan War, where he gained a reputation for

Sir Hector Macdonald was a British soldier who won the rare distinction of rising from the ranks to major general. The son of a crofter-mason, he enlisted as a private in the Gordon Highlanders at the age of 18. In 1879 Macdonald took part in the Second Afghan War, where he gained a reputation for

Sir James Ronald Leslie Macdonald was a British soldier, engineer, and explorer who carried out a geographical exploration of British East Africa (now Kenya and Uganda) while surveying for a railroad and later mapped the previously untravelled mountains from East Africa to the Sudan. After serving

Sir John Macdonald was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73, 1878–91), who led Canada through its period of early growth. Though accused of devious and unscrupulous methods, he is remembered for his achievements. Macdonald emigrated from Scotland to Kingston, in what is now

Sir John Macdonald was the first prime minister of the Dominion of Canada (1867–73, 1878–91), who led Canada through its period of early growth. Though accused of devious and unscrupulous methods, he is remembered for his achievements. Macdonald emigrated from Scotland to Kingston, in what is now

Stanton Macdonald-Wright was a painter and teacher who, with Morgan Russell, founded the movement known as Synchromism about 1912. Synchromism proclaimed colour to be the basis of expression in painting, and, although the movement was short-lived, it proved to be the first abstract art movement

MacDonnell Ranges, mountain system in south central Northern Territory, Australia, a series of bare quartzite and sandstone parallel ridges that rise from a plateau 2,000 ft (600 m) above sea level and extend east and west of the town of Alice Springs for about 230 mi (380 km). They reach a maximum

Randal MacDonnell, marquess and 2nd earl of Antrim was a prominent Roman Catholic Royalist during the English Civil Wars who later turned against King Charles I and was employed by Oliver Cromwell. A grandson of the noted Irish chieftain (of Scottish ancestry) Sorley Boy MacDonnell, he married

Lake Gairdner: Lake Gairdner was described by Sir Richard Graves MacDonnell, governor of South Australia, in October 1857:

Sorley Boy MacDonnell was a Scots-Irish chieftain of Ulster, foe and captive of the celebrated Shane O’Neill. From an ancestor who had married Margaret Bisset, heiress of the district on the Antrim coast known as the Glynns (or Glens), MacDonnell inherited a claim to the lordship of that territory;

Sorley Boy MacDonnell was a Scots-Irish chieftain of Ulster, foe and captive of the celebrated Shane O’Neill. From an ancestor who had married Margaret Bisset, heiress of the district on the Antrim coast known as the Glynns (or Glens), MacDonnell inherited a claim to the lordship of that territory;

Thomas Macdonough was a U.S. naval officer who won one of the most important victories in the War of 1812 at the Battle of Plattsburgh (Battle of Lake Champlain) against the British. Entering the navy as a midshipman in 1800, Macdonough saw service during the U.S. war with Tripoli (1801–05). When

MacDowell, retreat for artists, the oldest and among the largest artistic programs in the United States. It was founded in 1907 by pianist Marian Nevins MacDowell (1857–1956) and her husband, composer Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860–1908), at their summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They

MacDowell, retreat for artists, the oldest and among the largest artistic programs in the United States. It was founded in 1907 by pianist Marian Nevins MacDowell (1857–1956) and her husband, composer Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860–1908), at their summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They

Edward MacDowell was a U.S. composer known especially for his piano pieces in smaller forms. As one of the first to incorporate native materials into his works, he helped establish an independent American musical idiom. MacDowell first studied in New York with Teresa Carreño and then at the

MacDowell: …founded in 1907 by pianist Marian Nevins MacDowell (1857–1956) and her husband, composer Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860–1908), at their summer home in Peterborough, New Hampshire. They had found inspiration in the wooded setting and envisaged a sanctuary for other creative artists.

Macbeth: …the murder is discovered when Macduff, the thane of Fife, arrives to call on the king. Duncan’s sons Malcolm and Donalbain flee the country, fearing for their lives. Their speedy departure seems to implicate them in the crime, and Macbeth becomes king.

tear gas: …tear gases are ω-chloroacetophenone, or CN, and o-chlorobenzylidenemalononitrile, or CS. CN is the principal component of the aerosol agent Mace and is widely used in riot control. It affects chiefly the eyes. CS is a stronger irritant that causes burning sensations in the respiratory tract and involuntary closing of the…

concussion: Physical examination and evaluation: …neuropsychological test, such as the Military Acute Concussion Evaluation (MACE). The test is administered on the battlefield or ideally within 12 hours of injury in order to assess cognitive impairment in the acute phase, providing a baseline for the individual. Battlefield conditions, logistical challenges of battles (e.g., remote locations or…

military technology: The earliest military weapons: …purposely as offensive weapons were maces dating from the Chalcolithic Period or early Bronze Age. The mace was a simple rock, shaped for the hand and intended to smash bone and flesh, to which a handle had been added to increase the velocity and force of the blow.

mace, spice consisting of the dried aril, or lacy covering, of the nutmeg fruit of Myristica fragrans, a tropical evergreen tree. Mace has a slightly warm taste and a fragrance similar to that of nutmeg. It is used to flavour bakery, meat, and fish dishes; to flavour sauces and vegetables; and in

James Mace was a professional boxer and English heavyweight champion who is considered by some authorities to have been world champion. He was the first fighter of consequence to show interest in the Marquess of Queensberry rules. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Traveling as a

James Mace was a professional boxer and English heavyweight champion who is considered by some authorities to have been world champion. He was the first fighter of consequence to show interest in the Marquess of Queensberry rules. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) Traveling as a

carboxylic acid: Saturated aliphatic acids: Nutmeg butter is rich in myristic acid (C14), which constitutes 60–75 percent of the fatty-acid content. Palmitic acid (C16) constitutes between 20 and 30 percent of most animal fats and is also an important constituent of most vegetable fats (35–45 percent of palm oil). Stearic…

Ronald L. Mace was an American architect known for his role in championing accessible building codes and standards in the United States and for coining the term universal design to capture his philosophy of “design for all ages and abilities.” Mace contracted polio at age nine and subsequently used

Ronald L. Mace was an American architect known for his role in championing accessible building codes and standards in the United States and for coining the term universal design to capture his philosophy of “design for all ages and abilities.” Mace contracted polio at age nine and subsequently used

José Agostinho de Macedo was a Portuguese didactic poet, critic, and pamphleteer notable for his acerbity. Macedo took vows as an Augustinian in 1778. Because of his turbulent character he spent much time in prison and was constantly transferred from one community to another. In 1792 he was

Vlach: The question of Vlach origins and how that affects their status: Although the origin of Aromanian and Meglenoromanian (and Romanian) from Balkan Latin is beyond question, it is unclear to what extent contemporary Balkan Romance speakers are descended from Roman colonists or from indigenous pre-Roman Balkan populations who shifted to Latin. The question itself is of historical interest, but the…

Vlach, any of a group of Romance-language speakers who live south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania, northern Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, and southwestern Bulgaria. Vlach is the English-language term used to describe such an individual. The majority of Vlachs speak Aromanian,

Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Thérmai. In the 4th century bce it achieved hegemony over Greece and conquered lands as far east as the Indus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduced the

North Macedonia, landlocked country of the south-central Balkans. It is bordered to the north by Kosovo and Serbia, to the east by Bulgaria, to the south by Greece, and to the west by Albania. The capital is Skopje. The Republic of North Macedonia is located in the northern part of the area

Macedonia, ancient kingdom centred on the plain in the northeastern corner of the Greek peninsula, at the head of the Gulf of Thérmai. In the 4th century bce it achieved hegemony over Greece and conquered lands as far east as the Indus River, establishing a short-lived empire that introduced the

Macedonia, traditional region of Greece, comprising the north-central portion of the country. Greek Macedonia has an area of about 13,200 square miles (34,200 square km). It is bounded by Albania to the west, independent North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, the Greek region of Thrace (Thráki)

Macedonia, region in the south-central Balkans that comprises north-central Greece, southwestern Bulgaria, and the independent Republic of North Macedonia. The traditional boundaries of the geographical region of Macedonia are the lower Néstos (Mesta in Bulgaria) River and the Rhodope Mountains on

North Macedonia, landlocked country of the south-central Balkans. It is bordered to the north by Kosovo and Serbia, to the east by Bulgaria, to the south by Greece, and to the west by Albania. The capital is Skopje. The Republic of North Macedonia is located in the northern part of the area

Bulgaria: Ethnic groups: Macedonians, often tabulated as ethnic Bulgarians, claim minority status. There are a few thousand Armenians, Russians, and Greeks (mostly in the towns), as well as Romanians and Tatars (mostly in the villages).

North Macedonia: Media and publishing: The Macedonian Information Agency (MIA), which provides news and public information, was originally chartered by the parliament in 1992 but did not begin operation until 1998. In 2006 the government transformed the MIA from public enterprise to joint-stock company. Founded in 1992, Makfax was the region’s…

Macedonian language, South Slavic language that is most closely related to Bulgarian and is written in the Cyrillic alphabet. Macedonian is the official language of the Republic of North Macedonia, where it is spoken by more than 1.3 million people. The Macedonian language is also spoken in Greek

Macedonian literature, literature written in the South Slavic Macedonian language. The earliest Macedonian literature, in the medieval period, was religious and Orthodox Christian. Under Ottoman Turkish rule (c. 1400 to 1913), Macedonian literature suffered an eclipse, but in the 19th century there

oak: Major species and uses: libani), Macedonian oak (Q. trojana), and Portuguese oak (Q. lusitanica). Popular Asian ornamentals include the blue Japanese oak (Q. glauca), daimyo oak (Q. dentata), Japanese evergreen oak (Q. acuta), and sawtooth oak (Q. acutissima). The

North Macedonia: The republic: …the creation of an autocephalous Macedonian Orthodox Church. Since the 1890s a great deal of dissatisfaction had been expressed in Macedonia with the unsympathetic attitude of the Serbian church, with which Orthodox Macedonians had long been affiliated. There is little doubt, however, that their autocephalous status would never have been…

Macedonian Question, dispute that dominated politics in the southern Balkans from the late 19th century through the early 21st century. Initially, the Macedonian Question involved Greece, Bulgaria, and, to a lesser extent, Serbia in a conflict over which state would be able to impose its own

Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO), secret revolutionary society that was active in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its many incarnations struggled with two contradictory goals: establishing Macedonia as an autonomous state on the one hand and promoting Bulgarian

Macedonian Wars, (3rd and 2nd centuries bc), four conflicts between the ancient Roman Republic and the kingdom of Macedonia. They caused increasing involvement by Rome in Greek affairs and helped lead to Roman domination of the entire eastern Mediterranean area. The First Macedonian War (215–205

Macedonianism, a 4th-century Christian heresy that denied the full personhood and divinity of the Holy Spirit. According to this heresy, the Holy Spirit was created by the Son and was thus subordinate to the Father and the Son. (In orthodox Trinitarian theology, God is one in essence but three in

Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus was a Roman general whose victory over the Macedonians at Pydna ended the Third Macedonian War (171–168 bc). Paullus’s father, a consul of the same name, had been killed fighting the Carthaginians at Cannae in 216. Praetor in 191 and consul in 182, Paullus

Quintus Caecilius Metellus Macedonicus was a Roman general and statesman who was the first Roman not of noble birth to serve as consul (one of two chief magistrates) and censor (one of two magistrates in charge of the census and the enforcement of public morality). While a praetor (second highest

Macedonius was a Greek bishop of Constantinople and a leading moderate Arian theologian in the 4th-century Trinitarian controversy. His teaching concerning the Son, or Logos (“Word”), oscillated between attributing to him an “identity of essence” (Greek: homoousios) and “perfect similarity” with

Aquileia: …seceded from Rome, its bishop Macedonius adopting the title of patriarch in defiance of the Pope. The see remained schismatic when the patriarch Paolino I fled to Grado (the earlier foreport of Aquileia) after the Lombard invasion. When Candianus, who was loyal to Rome, was elected metropolitan at Grado in…

Vlach, any of a group of Romance-language speakers who live south of the Danube in what are now southern Albania, northern Greece, the Republic of Macedonia, and southwestern Bulgaria. Vlach is the English-language term used to describe such an individual. The majority of Vlachs speak Aromanian,

pre-Columbian civilizations: Social and political organization: Below them was the macehual class, the commoners who made up the bulk of the population. At the base of the social structure were the mayeques, or serfs, attached to private or state-owned rural estates. Within these three castes, a number of social classes could be differentiated, according to…

Maceió, city, capital of Alagoas estado (state), northeastern Brazil. It is situated below low bluffs on a level strip of land between the Atlantic Ocean and the Norte (or Mundaú) Lagoon, a shallow body of water extending inward for several miles. Formerly called Macayo, the city dates from 1815,

Vladko Maček was a nationalist and leader of the Croatian Peasant Party who opposed Serbian domination of Yugoslavia. He served as deputy prime minister in the Yugoslav government from 1939 to 1941. Maček became a member of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905, when Croatia was part of the

Vladko Maček was a nationalist and leader of the Croatian Peasant Party who opposed Serbian domination of Yugoslavia. He served as deputy prime minister in the Yugoslav government from 1939 to 1941. Maček became a member of the Croatian Peasant Party in 1905, when Croatia was part of the

Western architecture: Town planning: One is the macellum, which was not essentially an open square but a market building consisting of shops around a colonnaded court. Great warehouses, called horrea, served in wholesale commerce.

Macenta, town, southeastern Guinea. It is located in the Guinea Highlands (at 2,033 feet [620 m]) on the road from Nzérékoré to Guéckédou and is the chief trading centre for the tea, coffee, rice, cassava, kola nuts, and palm oil and kernels grown in the surrounding agricultural area. Macenta has a

Latin American art: Trends, c. 1950–c. 1970: Eduardo MacEntyre of Argentina, a founding member of Generative Art in 1959 in Buenos Aires (with Miguel Angel Vidal and later Ary Brizzi), created paintings that gave the illusion of volume with intersecting geometric lines. MacEntyre’s acrylics on canvas recall early 20th-century Constructivist sculpture of…

Cuba: Filibustering and the struggle for independence: However, the nationalist leader Antonio Maceo and several others refused to accept the Spanish conditions. In August 1879 Calixto García started a second uprising, called La Guerra Chiquita (“The Little War”), which Spanish forces put down the following year.

maceral, any of the numerous microscopically recognizable, individual organic constituents of coal with characteristic physical and chemical properties. Macerals are analogous to minerals in inorganic rocks, but they lack a definite crystalline structure. Macerals are coalified plant remains

Macerata, city, Marche regione, central Italy. It is situated on a hill between the Potenza and Chienti rivers, south of Ancona. The town was built in the 10th and 11th centuries near the ruins of the ancient Roman town of Helvia Recina, which was destroyed about 408 by the Visigothic king Alaric.

essential oil: Methods of production: …(enfleurage) or hot fat (maceration) is chiefly of historical importance.

sugar: Juice extraction: …countercurrent of water known as water of maceration or imbibition. Streams of juice extracted from the cane, mixed with maceration water from all mills, are combined into a mixed juice called dilute juice. Juice from the last mill in the series (which does not receive a current of maceration water)…

history of medicine: Neurosurgery: William Macewen, a Scottish general surgeon of outstanding versatility, and Victor Alexander Haden Horsley, the first British neurosurgeon, showed that the surgeon had much to offer in the treatment of disease of the brain and spinal cord. Macewen, in 1893, recorded 19 patients operated on for…

Bernarr Macfadden was an American physical culturist who, by sometimes eccentric means, spread the gospel of physical fitness and created a popular magazine empire. Macfadden, often dubbed the “father of physical culture,” grew up in poverty in the eastern Ozark Mountains of Missouri. After his

Matthew Macfadyen is a British stage and screen actor who has had a long and steady career playing a diverse set of characters, including the brooding Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (2005) and the irritatingly ambitious Tom Wambsgans in the HBO series Succession (2018–23). Macfadyen is the son of

Matthew Macfadyen is a British stage and screen actor who has had a long and steady career playing a diverse set of characters, including the brooding Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice (2005) and the irritatingly ambitious Tom Wambsgans in the HBO series Succession (2018–23). Macfadyen is the son of

Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, animator, actor, and producer who was perhaps best known for creating the television series Family Guy (1999–2003, 2005– ), American Dad (2005– ), The Cleveland Show (2009–13), and The Orville (2017– ). MacFarlane exhibited an aptitude for cartooning at a

Seth MacFarlane is an American writer, animator, actor, and producer who was perhaps best known for creating the television series Family Guy (1999–2003, 2005– ), American Dad (2005– ), The Cleveland Show (2009–13), and The Orville (2017– ). MacFarlane exhibited an aptitude for cartooning at a

Colin Macfarquhar was a Scottish printer, who, with Andrew Bell, founded the Encyclopædia Britannica in 1768. A printer in Edinburgh and presumably the printer of the Britannica—for the first edition is stated to have been sold at his printing office in Nicolson Street—Macfarquhar remains an

Macgillycuddy’s Reeks, (Irish: “ridge” or “crests”), mountain range on the Iveragh peninsula in County Kerry, southwestern Ireland. Its geological basis is a long anticlinal range of Devonian sandstones that was strongly glaciated, producing many valleys, serrated ridges, and peaks, including

Fenian cycle: An early tale, The Boyish Exploits of Finn (Macgnímartha Finn), tells how, after Cumhaill (Cool), chief of the Fianna, is killed, his posthumous son is reared secretly in a forest and earns the name Finn (“The Fair”) by his exploits. He grows up to triumph over his father’s…

Steve McQueen: …Getaway (1972), he costarred with Ali McGraw, who in 1973 became the second of his three wives; they divorced in 1978. Other films from this period included the well-received Papillon (1973) and the popular disaster movie The Towering Inferno (1974). However, McQueen did little to develop as an actor. He…

canoeing: History: In the 1860s John MacGregor, a Scottish lawyer, sportsman, traveler, and philanthropist, was a major figure in the development of canoeing as recreation and sport. He designed sailing canoes, which were decked and provided with a mast and sail as well as paddles, traveled in them throughout Europe…

Rob Roy was a noted Highland outlaw whose reputation as a Scottish Robin Hood was exaggerated in Sir Walter Scott’s novel Rob Roy (1818) and in some passages in the poems of William Wordsworth. He frequently signed himself Rob Roy (“Red Rob”), in reference to his dark red hair. Rob’s father, Donald

Celtic literature: Writings of the medieval period: …between 1512 and 1526 by Sir James MacGregor, dean of Lismore (Argyllshire), and his brother Duncan. Its poems fall into three main groups: those by Scottish authors, those by Irish authors, and ballads concerned with Ossian, the mythical warrior and bard. This is the earliest extensive anthology of heroic Gaelic…

Monica Mason: …she appointed as resident choreographer Wayne MacGregor, a specialist in experimental modern dance rather than ballet.

MacGuffin, element in a work of fiction that drives the plot and motivates the characters despite being relatively insignificant to the story. A story’s MacGuffin can take the form of an object, event, or character. It can be replaced by virtually any other object, event, or character as the story

MacGuffin, element in a work of fiction that drives the plot and motivates the characters despite being relatively insignificant to the story. A story’s MacGuffin can take the form of an object, event, or character. It can be replaced by virtually any other object, event, or character as the story

MacGuffin, element in a work of fiction that drives the plot and motivates the characters despite being relatively insignificant to the story. A story’s MacGuffin can take the form of an object, event, or character. It can be replaced by virtually any other object, event, or character as the story

Stanley Elkin: In The MacGuffin (1991), Elkin attempted a more conventional narrative structure while maintaining his usual style as he tracks the life of City Commissioner Robert Druff over a period of 48 hours. Mrs. Ted Bliss, a novel about the exploits of an octogenarian widow residing in…

Mayim Bialik: Early life as a child actor: …Murphy Brown (1988–98 and 2018–19), MacGyver (1985–92), and Doogie Howser, M.D. (1989–93).

sonic boom: …restricted widening cone (called a Mach cone). As the aircraft proceeds, the trailing parabolic edge of that cone of disturbance intercepts the Earth, producing on Earth a sound of a sharp bang or boom. When such an aircraft flies at a low altitude, the shock wave may be of sufficient…

Mach number, in fluid mechanics, ratio of the velocity of a fluid to the velocity of sound in that fluid, named after Ernst Mach (1838–1916), an Austrian physicist and philosopher. In the case of an object moving through a fluid, such as an aircraft in flight, the Mach number is equal to the

Ernst Mach: …has come to be called Mach’s bands, the tendency of the human eye to see bright or dark bands near the boundaries between areas of sharply differing illumination.

fluid mechanics: Compressible flow in gases: …Figure 8 show a well-known construction attributed to the Austrian physicist Ernst Mach that explains the origin of the shock front accompanying a supersonic projectile. The circular arcs in this figure represent cross sections through spherical disturbances that are spreading with speed Vs from centres (S′, S″, etc.), which mark…

Mach’s principle, in cosmology, hypothesis that the inertial forces experienced by a body in nonuniform motion are determined by the quantity and distribution of matter in the universe. It was so called by Albert Einstein after the 19th-century Austrian physicist and philosopher Ernst Mach.

Ernst Mach was an Austrian physicist and philosopher who established important principles of optics, mechanics, and wave dynamics and who supported the view that all knowledge is a conceptual organization of the data of sensory experience (or observation). Mach was educated at home until the age of

Hebron: At Hebron Abraham purchased the Cave of Machpelah (Hebrew: Meʿarat ha-Makhpelah) as a burial place for his wife, Sarah, from Ephron the Hittite (Genesis 23); this became a family sepulchre. According to tradition, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, with their wives Sarah, Rebekah, and Leah, were buried in the cave. After…

Macha, one of four female characters in Irish literature and mythology who are associated with themes of sovereignty and warfare. One Macha is recorded as a wife of Nemed, who led the third wave of invasions of Ireland. He cleared a plain that was named for her (Mag Macha; Irish: “Plain of Macha”).

Karel Hynek Mácha was a literary artist who is considered the greatest poet of Czech Romanticism. Born of poor parents, Mácha was influenced as a student by the Czech national revival and by English and Polish Romantic literature. After wandering amid ruined castles in the Bohemian countryside and

Maccabees were a priestly family of Jews who organized a successful rebellion against the Seleucid ruler Antiochus IV and reconsecrated the defiled Temple of Jerusalem. The name Maccabee was a title of honour given to Judas, a son of Mattathias and the hero of the Jewish wars of independence,

The Books of the Maccabees, four books, none of which is in the Hebrew Bible but all of which appear in some manuscripts of the Septuagint. The first two books only are part of canonical scripture in the Septuagint and the Vulgate (hence are canonical to Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy) and