Definition of mummery in English:
mummery
nounPlural mummeries ˈmʌm(ə)riˈməməri
1A performance by mummers.
- 1.1mass noun Ridiculous or extravagant ceremonial procedures.
that's all it is, mere mummery
Example sentencesExamples
- In the Enquiry he called Catholics ‘devotees of superstition’ and Catholic liturgy ‘mummeries.’
- Controversy surrounded the early years of the priest's incumbency due to accusations from local newspapers of increased levels of ‘Popish and Pagan mummeries’ within St Michael's services.
- The puerility and sloth of the students, the pure nothingness of the curriculum: it's all sham and mummery, gutless as a haiku poem.
- The United Nations is a dim hive of self-interested parties engaged in endless parliamentary mummery, united by a consensual delusion that all nations are equal.
- The traditions of the latter three in divine service were largely those that came to American shores: plain people worshipping plainly who would have no truck with papist mummery.
Origin
Mid 16th century: from Old French momerie, from momer (see mummer).
Rhymes
flummery, Montgomery, summary, summery