mawmetrie
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Middle English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- mametrie, mametrye, maumentre, maumentri, maumetri, maumetrie, maumetry, maumetrye, maumettri, maumettrie, mawmentrie, mawmentry, mawmetry
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, mahumetterie; equivalent to mawmet + -erie.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
mawmetrie (plural mawmetries)
- Idolatry, paganism:
- Islam (improperly understood as paganism)
- (figurative) Adoration of worldly things.
- Occult practices; witchcraft.
- An idol or graven image:
Descendants[edit]
- English: mammetry
References[edit]
- “maumetrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.