'Mummeries' definitions:
Definition of 'Mummeries'
From: GCIDE
- Mummery \Mum"mer*y\, n.; pl. Mummeries. [F. momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See Mumm.]
- 1. Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery. [1913 Webster]
- The mummery of foreign strollers. --Fenton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]