Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Mummery

Mummery , noun

[French momerie, of Dutch or German origin. See Mumm.]

1.
Masking; frolic in disguise; buffoonery.
The mummery of foreign strollers. — Fenton
2.
Farcical show; hypocritical disguise and parade or ceremonies. — Bacon