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Middle English
- mametrie, mametrye, maumentre, maumentri, maumetri, maumetrie, maumetry, maumetrye, maumettri, maumettrie, mawmentrie, mawmentry, mawmetry
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, mahumetterie; equivalent to mawmet + -erie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mau̯ˈmɛːtriː(ə)/, /ˈmau̯mɛtriː(ə)/, /ˈmau̯mɛntriː(ə)/
Noun
mawmetrie (plural mawmetries)
- Idolatry, paganism:
- Islam (improperly understood as paganism)
- (figurative) Adoration of worldly things.
- Occult practices; witchcraft.
- An idol or graven image:
- (collective) idols, graven images
- (figurative) worldly distractions
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