Usually means: Theatrical performance involving costumes, masks.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word mummery:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. mummery: Merriam-Webster
  2. mummery: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mummery: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. mummery: Collins English Dictionary
  5. mummery: Vocabulary.com
  6. Mummery, mummery: Wordnik
  7. mummery: Wiktionary
  8. mummery: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. mummery: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. mummery: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Mummery, mummery: Dictionary.com
  12. Mummery: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Mummery: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. mummery: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. mummery: Rhymezone
  16. Mummery: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. mummery: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. mummery: FreeDictionary.org
  19. mummery: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. mummery: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mummery: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Mummery: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (mummery)

noun:  (now chiefly historical) Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance.
noun:  A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance.

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