Usually means: Elaborate theatrical performances; often pretentious.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word mummeries:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. mummeries: Merriam-Webster
  2. mummeries: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. mummeries: Collins English Dictionary
  4. mummeries: Vocabulary.com
  5. mummeries: Wordnik
  6. mummeries: Wiktionary
  7. Mummeries, mummeries: Dictionary.com
  8. Mummeries: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Mummeries: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Mummeries: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. mummeries: FreeDictionary.org
  12. mummeries: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. mummeries: Legal dictionary

(Note: See mummery as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (mummery)

noun:  (now chiefly historical) Mumming; disguising oneself to perform as a mummer, or to take part in some other festivities or performance.
noun:  A ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, formerly especially of a religious nature; extravagant or hypocritical performance.
▸ Also see mummery


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