mummery
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mum·mer·y
(mŭm'ə-rē) 
n., pl., -ies.
n., pl., -ies.
- A performance by mummers.
- A pretentious or hypocritical show or ceremony.
[French mommerie, from Old French momer, to wear a mask, pantomime.]
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mummery
a performance by mummers (pantomimes); a ridiculous, hypocritical or pretentious ceremony
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categories related to 'mummery'
- Entertainments and Spectacles - mummery: comic or ridiculous pantomime performance
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Mummery
Dansk (Danish)
n. - maskerade, pantomime
Nederlands (Dutch)
maskerade, pantomime, komedie
Français (French)
n. - (Théât) mimodrame, momerie (péj)
Deutsch (German)
n. - Mummenschanz, Pantomime
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - παντομίμα
Italiano (Italian)
mascherata, pantomima
Português (Portuguese)
n. - pantomima (f)
Русский (Russian)
ритуальное представление, пантомима, фиглярство
Español (Spanish)
n. - mascarada, farsa, pantomima
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - pantomim, maskspel, narrspel
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
哑剧表演, 可笑的仪式
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 啞劇表演, 可笑的儀式
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 無言劇, ばかげた儀式, 虚礼
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) تهريج, سخافه
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - טקס מגוחך (בעיקר דתי), הצגה פנטומימאית במסכה
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