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Capital Stock (Details)
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2014
Capital Stock [Line Items]  
Maximum percentage of votes a holder of shares of Common Stock may cast out of the votes entitled to be cast by all holders of shares of Common Stock 10.00%mkc_LimitedPercentageOfVotingRightsEntitledToHoldersOfSharesOfCommonStock
Minimum [Member]  
Capital Stock [Line Items]  
Minimum percentage a holder must acquire of each class of common stock not to be subject to our redemption rights 90.00%mkc_PercentageOfOutstandingSharesOfEachClassOfCommonStockNotAllowingRedemption
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Minimum percentage of votes a holder must control out of the votes entitled to be cast by all holders of shares of Common Stock to trigger the automatic conversion, on a share-for-share basis, of all shares of Common Stock Non-Voting into shares of Common Stock 50.00%mkc_PercentageOfVotingRightsHeldByCommonStockHolderNotAllowingRedemption
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