Definition of "masquerades" []

• Plural form of masquerade. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of masquerade. (verb)

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• "His majesty had no liking for the anniversaries of the Republic; some of which had always seemed to him odious and cruel, others ridiculous; and I have heard him express his indignation that they should have dared to make an annual festival of the anniversary of the 21st of January, and smile with pity at the recollection of what he called the masquerades of the theo-philanthropists, who, he said, "would have no Jesus Christ, and yet made saints of Fenelon and Las Casas -- Catholic prelates.""
• "It can stand in for a whole literature of related texts in which feeling-expression masquerades as fact."
• "Finally, there were festivals, called masquerades by Roy Strong, which combined drama, dance, and the serving of food."