Definitions
meaningless ceremonies and flattery
Word origin
From Middle French momerie, mommerie, from Old French mommer, from momon. By surface analysis, mummer + -y.
Used in a sentence
“I say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission”
“The twentieth of September, they are bound Fast from the midnight watch to pray till morn.— More would he not disclose, or knew not more. —What precious mummery!”
“All this affectation and mummery was in due time overcome, and Zeluco's nuptials with the widow were celebrated in form.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Empty ceremony”7 letters
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