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Definition of Mawmetry
1. n. The religion of Mohammed; also, idolatry. See Mawmet.
Definition of Mawmetry
1. Noun. (obsolete) The religion of Mohammed; Islam. ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) idolatry ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mawmetry
1. mammetry [n MAWMETRIES] - See also: mammetry
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mawmetry
Literary usage of Mawmetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Psalter: Or Psalms of David and Certain Canticles by Richard Rolle, Henry Ramsden Bramley (1884)
"mawmetry is when any man gifis the luf til any ... for///i all mawmetry aghe to
cese in men. that herd syon. ..."
2. Legends of the holy rood: Symbols of the passion and cross-poems. In Old by Richard Morris (1871)
"... And forsake all J>i mawmetry, pat J>ou and J>i folk yn afly, •"**' And turn
J>e unto ... all thy ' mawmetry,' and turn to Jesus Christ and be baptized. ..."
3. Publications by Musical Antiquarian Society (1843)
"... this became in Western Europe a common name for any idol or false god, and
mawmetry signified in general idolatry or heathenism ; line 11, ..."
4. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... a common name for any idol or false god, and mawmetry signified in general
idolatry or heathenism ; line 11, ..."
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