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malchus Antiq.|ˈmælkəs|
[a. F. malchus, in both senses a use of the name of Malchus (John xviii. 10) whose ear St. Peter cut off with a sword.]
1. ‘A short cutting-sword’ (Cent. Dict. 1890).
2. (See quot.)
1883J. W. Mollett Dict. Art & Archæol., Malchus, an old term for a confessional having only one stool for penitents; it signified that which has only one ear, from the fact that Malchus, Caiaphas' servant, was deprived of his right ear by Peter. |