What does "mummery" mean?

`n.`虚礼，哑剧；哑剧演员的表演

How do you pronounce "mummery"?

The pronunciation is /'mʌm(ə)rɪ/. Listen to American and British pronunciations on this page.

`n.`虚礼，哑剧；哑剧演员的表演

[US]/'mʌm(ə)rɪ/

[UK]/ˈmʌməri/

Frequency: Very High

n.empty ceremonies, pantomime；the performance of a mime artist.

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If we lose the war, she ought to take up mummery, she has a gift for it.

Papal priests pretended, by their senseless mummery, to convert the simple bread and wine into the actual "body and blood of Christ.

If we lose the war, she ought to take up mummery, she has a gift for it.

Papal priests pretended, by their senseless mummery, to convert the simple bread and wine into the actual "body and blood of Christ.

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