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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Mŭm'/mer-y, n.

noun

n. [L. Ger. mummerie, H. Ger. mummerei, Fr. momerie, Sp. momeria. See supra.]

  1. Masking; sport; diversion; low amusement; buffoonery. “The mummery of foreign strollers.” Fenton.
  2. Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade to delude vulgar minds.