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Is it honest for me to go and sit there on communion day and drink the wine and eat the bread while feeling it all to be mummery?
John Fiske

Meaning of "mummery" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MUMMERY

mummery  [ˈmʌmərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MUMMERY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Mummery is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES MUMMERY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of mummery in the English dictionary

The definition of mummery in the dictionary is a performance by mummers. Other definition of mummery is hypocritical or ostentatious ceremony.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH MUMMERY


armory
ˈɑːmərɪ
armoury
ˈɑːmərɪ
costumery
kɒˈstjuːmərɪ
creamery
ˈkriːmərɪ
customary
ˈkʌstəmərɪ
emery
ˈɛmərɪ
flummery
ˈflʌmərɪ
gendarmerie
ʒɒnˈdɑːmərɪ
infirmary
ɪnˈfɜːmərɪ
mammary
ˈmæmərɪ
memory
ˈmɛmərɪ
Montgomery
məntˈɡʌmərɪ
nummary
ˈnʌmərɪ
perfumery
pəˈfjuːmərɪ
plumbery
ˈplʌmərɪ
primary
ˈpraɪmərɪ
rosemary
ˈrəʊzmərɪ
shimmery
ˈʃɪmərɪ
summary
ˈsʌmərɪ
summery
ˈsʌmərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MUMMERY

mumbo jumbo
mumchance
Mumford
mumm
mummed
mummer
mummeries
Mummerset
mummia
mummichog
mummies
mummification
mummified
mummifies
mummiform
mummify
mumming
mummy
mummy bag
mummy porn

WORDS THAT END LIKE MUMMERY

almery
bloomery
dreamery
farmery
flimflammery
gemmery
gendarmery
glimmery
gossamery
homeomery
homoeomery
pentamery
pleiomery
plumery
polymery
stemmery
wormery

Synonyms and antonyms of mummery in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «mummery» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MUMMERY

Find out the translation of mummery to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of mummery from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «mummery» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

马默里
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mojiganga
570 millions of speakers

English

mummery
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

mummery
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

التمثيل الصامت
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лицедейство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mummery
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

হাস্যকর অনুষ্ঠান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

momerie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mumi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Mummenschanz
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

mummery
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

mummery
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Mummery
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tuồng câm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

mummery
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ममरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

maskeli oyun
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pantomima
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

mummery
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лицедійство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mascaradă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

μεταμφίεση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

maskerade
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mummery
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mummery
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of mummery

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MUMMERY»

The term «mummery» is regularly used and occupies the 59.480 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MUMMERY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «mummery» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «mummery» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about mummery

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QUOTES WITH «MUMMERY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word mummery.
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John Fiske
Is it honest for me to go and sit there on communion day and drink the wine and eat the bread while feeling it all to be mummery?

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MUMMERY»

Discover the use of mummery in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to mummery and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Mummery Book: A Parable of the Divine True Love, Told by ...
If Dylan Thomas and Buddha shared a soul, The Mummery Book is what I would expect from such a joining.Robert Boldman author, The Alchemy of Love: The Pilgrimage of Sacred Discovery
Adi Da Samraj, 2005
2
Stem Cells: Scientific Facts and Fiction
This book provides the reader background information on stem cells in a clear and well-organized manner.
Christine Mummery, Anja van de Stolpe, Bernard Roelen, 2010
3
Understanding Feminism
Each chapter focuses on a different cluster of concerns, demonstrating key moves in second-wave feminist thought as well as some of the diversity in response-strategies that encompass both socio-economic and cultural-symbolic concerns.
Peta Bowden, Jane Mummery, 2009
4
Mummery: A Tale of Three Idealists
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
Gilbert Cannan, 2011
5
Fabricating the Keynesian Revolution: Studies of the ...
Physiology of Industry, written jointly with A. F. Mummery, had appeared as early as 1889. Mummery and Hobson In Hobson' s view of things, the market economy was prone to chronic "overproduction," or, equivalently, "underconsumption," ...
David Laidler, 1999
6
Mountaineering Women: Stories by Early Climbers
Suitable to the weaker sex» Mary Mummery Climbs the Teufelsgrat of the Taschhorn, 1887 Mary Mummery began her Alpine climbing in the 1880s, after she married Albert Frederick Mummery (famous for his first ascent of the notoriously ...
David Mazel, 1994
7
Heat Islands: Understanding and Mitigating Heat in Urban Areas
First Published in 2008. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Lisa Mummery Gartland, 2012
8
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce ...: Black beetles in ...
Ambrose Bierce. THE MUMMERY THE TWO CAVEES DRAMATIS PERSONS FlTCH a Pelter of Railrogues The Shatter Shafted 299 THE MUMMERY.
Ambrose Bierce, 1911
9
Spotless: The Essential Guide to Getting Rid of Spots and Acne
This book gives the reader realistic and accessible tools and techniques to achieve good skin in a simple and affordable way.
Elaine Mummery, 2009
10
Heredity and Infection: The History of Disease Transmission
J.P. Lockhart-Mummery, 'The diagnosis of tumours in the upper rectum and sigmoid flexure by means of the electric sigmoidoscope' Lancet (1904), I: 1781– 1782. J.P. Lockhart-Mummery, Diseases of the Rectum and Colon (London: Ballière, ...
Jean-Paul Gaudilliére, Ilana Löwy, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MUMMERY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term mummery is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Stem cells Heart cells come of age
Christine Mummery at Leiden University Medical Center in the Netherlands and her colleagues introduced into human stem cells a version of ... «Nature.com, Jul 15»
2
Norfolk Sports Hall of Recognition inductees
He, Doug Loveday and Walt Mummery formed the top line in the league. Sadly, at the age of 35, Burcham lost an eye. Despite that, he still ... «www.norfolknews.ca/, Jul 15»
3
Golf results from around the greens
Results: Oona Mummery 34pts, Eleanor Fenner 32pts, Fiona Porteous 31pts. Windyhill Golf Club gents' section held its Summer Meeting which ... «Milngavie Herald, Jul 15»
4
Sign a mark of charity's success
Telethon chief executive Steve Mummery said the organisation only learnt the Perth City Link street sign had been erected when it was spotted ... «The West Australian, Jul 15»
5
Aldi: 25 years on, a generational shift for retailing
by Glyn Mummery. 17 July 2015 1:39pm. Even Aldi will need to adapt to keep up with the fickle British shopper. As Aldi celebrates 25 years of trading in the UK ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
6
Chesterton vs. the Woolly-Minded
Away with your priestly apparatus of stethoscopes and clinical thermometers; with your ritualistic mummery of feeling pulses, putting out ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
7
Festival in aid of local Armed Forces charity
... family' - will showcase a wide range of musicians, from band the Midnight Crawlers to country and folk singer/songwriter Sam Mummery. «Kent News, Jul 15»
8
The Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act and Quebec trust law: a …
In my judgment, however, none of the authorities on which Mr. Mummery has relied, including the decision in Construction Industry Training ... «Lexology, Jul 15»
9
Market, concerrt and outdoor movie set for Thursday
Linda Mummery Kolarik is president of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 54 in Hobart. The opinions expressed are solely those of the writer. «nwitimes.com, Jul 15»
10
Residents baffled by the case of the 'missing' stream
... many other neighbours along Millstream Lane are very concerned that our stream is now no more than a muddy ditch,” said Chris Mummery. «Slough Express, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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