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Meanings of mummery in inglés

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Meaningless ceremonies and flattery.

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        Usage of mummery in inglés
        1
        Any mummery will cure if the patient's faith is strong in it.
        A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
        2
        But your hypocrisy and your mummery shall serve you to little purpose.
        Imogen: A Pastoral Romance
        3
        That's fine mummery in days like these when everybody is getting educated.
        Master Olof: A Drama in Five Acts
        4
        They too recognized him now, and realized that here was no mummery.
        The Sea-Hawk
        5
        We have had enough, too, of Spanish etiquette and Italian mummery here.
        Joseph II. and His Court: An Historical Novel
        6
        Don Felipe shrugged his shoulders carelessly, saying, A truce to your mummery!
        At the Point of the Sword
        7
        It sounds like the fee-faw-fum and mummery of a voodoo man.
        Guy Garrick
        8
        It was better than a mummery, and I was glad to see it.
        When Knighthood Was in Flower / or, the Love Story of Charles Br...
        9
        I might be entering the Hierarchy, in view of all this supernatural mummery!
        Gather, Darkness!
        10
        Your papists keep these outlandish hours for their masses and mummery.
        Citation and Examination of William Shakspeare, Euseby Treen, Jo...
        11
        After the death of Mary this silly mummery was totally discontinued.
        Christmas: Its Origin and Associations / Together with Its Histo...
        12
        Some of the feiticeiras, however, play more dangerous tricks than this harmless mummery.
        The Naturalist on the River Amazons
        13
        But William was fully determined to bring this mummery to a speedy close.
        The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
        14
        To say Mass, believing the Mass to be but a mummery, was detestable.
        The Lake
        15
        His religion is a mummery, and his Gospel-walkings nothing but dancing a masquerade.
        Character Writings of the Seventeenth Century
        16
        His angry old eyes jerked Peter out of his slight mummery.
        Birthright: A Novel
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