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ˈphantastry|ˈfæntæstrɪ| Also 8 fantastry. [f. fantast, phantast + -ry.] a. Fantastic display or show; ostentation, affectation. Also concr. Showy trappings. b. Visionary delusion. c. Illusory character, deceptiveness.
1656H. More Enthus. Tri. §47. 47 This strong spirit of Phantastrie..breaths in Paracelsus his books. 1670Glanvill Way Happiness iv. §3. 139 The indiscretions..of some preachers, the phantastry and vain babble of others. a1677Barrow Serm. (1686) III. 429 There shall they stand bare and devested of all their phantastry. 1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. 47 There is something in us superiour to Sense, which judges of it, detects its Phantastry, and condemns its Imposture. 1710R. Ward Life H. More 28 Fantastry and Levity..is so much seen to abound amongst us. Ibid. 51 Against Fantastry and Enthusiasm it self. 1870Contemp. Rev. XIII. 1 It [sc. the Church] must have its pomp and phantastry, its tributes and taxes. 1922Hardy Late Lyrics 72 So white her drape..I could not guess what phantastry it meant. |