Antonyms for mummery

Grammar : Noun

Spell : muhm-uh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmʌm ə ri

Definition of mummery

Origin : 1520s, "performance of mumming," from Old French mommerie, from momer (see mummer). Transferred sense of "ridiculous ceremony or ritual" is from 1540s.

As in joke : noun fun, quip
As in masquerade : noun disguise; social occasion for disguises
As in sport : noun fun, joking
As in ha-ha : noun joke
As in formality : noun etiquette, protocol
As in hocus-pocus : noun sleight of hand

Example sentences :

But your hypocrisy and your mummery shall serve you to little purpose.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

That is as good as going to Church to be the central figures of the mummery of priests.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

Even to keep an open mind himself to all the muss and mummery of the Church!
Extract from : « The Woman Thou Gavest Me » by Hall Caine

They too recognized him now, and realized that here was no mummery.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

It was all humbug––all this mummery about intuitions and unerring perception and inscrutability.
Extract from : « Rope » by Holworthy Hall

These latter had, each of them, some mummery peculiar to himself.
Extract from : « The History of the Caliph Vathek » by William Beckford

All mummery was to be forbidden, and all monarchy to be called mummery.
Extract from : « A Short History of England » by G. K. Chesterton

For the rest, if this mummery humbles Lord Warwick, gramercy!
Extract from : « The Last Of The Barons, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

What an exhibition of mummery it was in that time-begrimed temple!
Extract from : « Due West » by Maturin Murray Ballou

Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
Extract from : « A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Complete » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Synonyms for mummery

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