Definition of "mummeries" [mummeries]

• Plural form of mummery. (noun)

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• "When dying the unfortunate musician bequeathed his daughter to the doctor, who was already her godfather, in spite of his repugnance for what he called the mummeries of the Church."
• "They frowned severely on what they termed the mummeries of Madawando."
• "It is interesting that the word mummeries, which excited so much indignation in Lord John's Durham letter, occurs in this letter."