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mark, designation for the free village community that was supposed to have been the unit of primitive German social life. According to a theory formulated in the 19th cent. by Georg Ludwig von Maurer and others, the mark was composed of free men in voluntary association, holding lands communally, and governed by a chief elected for a short term. The theory was expanded by other scholars, among them Edward Augustus Freeman, but it later was bitterly attacked by the historians N. D. Fustel de Coulanges and Frederic Seebohm. It has become generally accepted that Roman as well as Germanic institutions influenced the formation of the medieval manorial system and that the idyllic democratic society depicted by Maurer never existed. See village.

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Mark may refer to:

Christianity

• Curse and mark of Cain, Cain's inability to cultivate crops and the necessity that he led a nomadic lifestyle
• Gospel of Mark, one of the books of the Bible, and the apocryphal Secret Gospel of Mark
• Mark the Evangelist (Saint Mark)
• Mark of the Beast, a sign or number mentioned in the Book of Revelation
• St Mark's Basilica, the most famous of the churches of Venice and an example of Byzantine architecture

Currency

• Mark (money), a unit of currency in various countries
• German gold mark, coinage of the German Empire from 1873 to 1914
• German Papiermark, German coinage from 1914 to 1924
• Rentenmark, German temporary currency 1923 to 1924
• German Reichsmark, German coinage from 1924 to 1948
• Deutsche Mark, official currency of Germany from 1948 to 2001
• East German Mark, official currency of the German Democratic Republic from 1948 to 1990
• Polish marka, Polish currency from 1917 to 1924
• Finnish markka, mark in Swedish, official currency of Finland from 1860 to 2001

Geography

• Mark, or marches, the border territory of a country
• County of Mark, a county of the Holy Roman Empire
• Mark (Dender), a river in Belgium, tributary of the Dender
• Mark (Dintel) a river in Belgium and the Netherlands, also known as the Dintel
• Mark Hundred in Sweden
• Mark Municipality in Sweden
• Mark, Somerset, a village in Somerset, United Kingdom
• Mark, Illinois, a village in the United States

Catching a ball

In both Australian rules football and rugby union, a clean catch from a kick by another player results in a free kick. See:

• Mark (Australian football)
• Mark (rugby)

Technology

• Harvard Mark I, the first large-scale automatic digital computer in the USA
• Mark (designation), level of development
• Mark frequency, extreme discrete value of frequency-shift keying

Measurement

• Mark (weight), an archaic European unit of weight whose use for precious metal gave rise to the currencies

Business

• Service mark, trademark used to identify a service rather than a product
• Trade mark, distinctive sign of some kind which is used by a business to uniquely identify itself and its products and services
• The victim in a confidence trick

Mythology

• Mark of Cornwall, a figure from Arthurian legend

Other

• Beauty mark, dark mole on the face or other part of the body that is considered to be attractive
• Diacritical mark, mark added to a letter to alter a word's pronunciation or to distinguish between similar words
• Mark of Rohan, fictional realm in J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy era of Middle-earth. See also Marches.
• Mark, a grade awarded to students' work
• Mark (victim), the victim of a con game or an assassination
• Merchant's Mark
• Sea mark, pilotage aid which identifies the approximate position of a maritime channel, hazard and administrative area
• Mark Scheme, Guide used to grade assignments submitted to the IB Program
• Markedness, a linguistic term
• Tread mark, a mark left by a tire tread
• Mark (given name), a given name to a person. The name comes from Latin roots meaning "defender"

See also

• Marks

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