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mummery

/ˈmʌm(ə)ri

noun (plural mummeries)

1A performance by mummers.

1.1 [mass noun] Ridiculous or extravagant ceremonial procedures.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 puerility and sloth of the students, the pure nothingness of the curriculum: it's all sham and mummery, gutless as a haiku poem.
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).

单词	mummery
释义	mummery /ˈmʌm(ə)ri / noun (plural mummeries) 1A performance by mummers. 1.1 [mass noun] Ridiculous or extravagant ceremonial procedures.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 puerility and sloth of the students, the pure nothingness of the curriculum: it's all sham and mummery, gutless as a haiku poem. 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
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