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Definition of Mammetry
1. n. See Mawmetry.
Definition of Mammetry
1. Noun. (archaic) Idolatry; paganism. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mammetry
1. idolatry [n MAMMETRIES] - See also: idolatry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mammetry
Literary usage of Mammetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Study of Words by Richard Chenevix Trench (1904)
"the way in which the word ' mammetry,' which is a contraction of ... or a Mahomet
and idolatry ' mammetry.'* To pursue the fortunes of the word a little ..."
2. The Acts and Monuments of John Foxe: With a Life of the Martyrologist, and by John Foxe, George Townsend (1844)
"Whatsoever he or the other bishops did ask him alter that, he bade them resort
to his bill ; for thereby would he (1) " mammetry," Puppet, or idol-v. ..."
3. Mohammed and Mohammedanism by Reginald Bosworth Smith (1889)
"He is a debauchee, a camel stealer, a Cardinal, who having failed to obtain the
object of 1 Renan, ' Etudes d'Histoire Religieuse,' p. 223, note. 1 mammetry ..."
4. Christian Pamphlets by Charlotte Bronte, Richard Chenevix Trench, Grant Allen, Philip Schaff (1859)
"We have another of a parallel injustice, they have reached, some of them, to in
the use which " mammetry," a con- quite the lowest. ..."
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