Thesaurus / mummery
FEEDBACKHow to use mummery in a sentence
At the domino mask they fetched I hesitated, for anything like mummery of this sort was always repugnant to me.
THE WAY OF A MANEMERSON HOUGHWhen next he saw her, she would have forgotten her priests and their mummery; she would think only of him and live only for him.
PLASHERS MEADCOMPTON MACKENZIEIndeed, no religious rites exist among them, unless the unmeaning mummery of the medicine tent can be looked upon as such.
HUDSON BAYR.M. BALLANTYNEHeyward possessed some knowledge of the mummery practised among the Indians, in the cases of such supposed visitations.
THE LAST OF THE MOHICANSJAMES FENIMORE COOPERAnd smile not either—lest I spoil the symmetry of that face for your monkish mummery and processions.
JOAN OF THE SWORD HANDS(AMUEL) R(UTHERFORD) CROCKETTThus without any essential mummery the comedy plays itself out, self-sufficient, correct, convincing.
CRIMINAL PSYCHOLOGYHANS GROSSThis or that mummery was enacted by men for a magical purpose, to secure success in the chase, agriculture, or war.
THE HOMERIC HYMNSANDREW LANGHe washed and went through the mummery of muslim prayers for the watchful mullah's sake, and climbed on to his bed.
KING--OF THE KHYBER RIFLESTALBOT MUNDYHe makes his protest against what he calls 'all this mummery' visibly, if not audibly.
THE GIRL OF THE PERIOD AND OTHER SOCIAL ESSAYS, VOL. II (OF 2)ELIZA LYNN LINTONThe gross mummery witnessed at the temple of Buddha in Ceylon differed only in form, scarcely in degree.
DUE SOUTH OR CUBA PAST AND PRESENTMATURIN M. BALLOUWORDS RELATED TO MUMMERY
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