mummery

[ muhm-uh-ree ]

/ ˈmʌm ə ri /

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noun, plural mum·mer·ies.

the performance of mummers.

any performance, ceremony, etc., regarded as absurd, false, or ostentatious.

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Origin of mummery

First recorded in 1520–30; mummer + -y³

Words nearby mummery

Mumetal, Mumford, Muʾmin, mummer, Mummerset, mummery, mummichog, mummification, mummify, mummy, mummy bag

How to use mummery in a sentence

At the domino mask they fetched I hesitated, for anything like mummery of this sort was always repugnant to me.
The Way of a Man|Emerson Hough
When next he saw her, she would have forgotten her priests and their mummery; she would think only of him and live only for him.
Plashers Mead|Compton Mackenzie
Indeed, no religious rites exist among them, unless the unmeaning mummery of the medicine tent can be looked upon as such.
Hudson Bay|R.M. Ballantyne
Heyward possessed some knowledge of the mummery practised among the Indians, in the cases of such supposed visitations.
The Last of the Mohicans|James Fenimore Cooper

And smile not either—lest I spoil the symmetry of that face for your monkish mummery and processions.
Joan of the Sword Hand|S(amuel) R(utherford) Crockett

British Dictionary definitions for mummery

mummery

/ (ˈmʌmərɪ) /

noun plural -meries

a performance by mummers

hypocritical or ostentatious ceremony

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