1. A performance by mummers.*
All the world's a mummery,
And all the men and women merely mummers;
They have their exits and their entrances,
And one man in his time plays many parts,
His acts being seven ages. - The Bard.**
2. A pretentious show or ceremony.
In 2011, the mummery of royal weddings was made most evident by the hats.
Synonyms: carnival, circus, costume ball, facade, festivity, front, masquerade, pretense, subterfuge.
* If there's one thing I can't stand about theatre life,*** it's the mummery of all the mummers.****
** It started out as a quote, but I modified it.
*** I'm lying. I love everything about theatre life!
**** A mummer is an actor or a player.
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