Mummery

English

Noun

Mummery (plural mummeries)

1. merrymaking; the performance of a mummer
   • 1819, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe

     I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission

2. a ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, especially of a religious nature
   • 1951, Isaac Asimov, Foundation

     Why, you unweaned cub, he believes in that mummery a good deal less than I do, and I don't believe in it at all.

3. a showy but empty performance

Adjectives for Mummery

ghostly; profane; present; unmeaning.

Thesaurus

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