Mummery

Origin

From Old French momerie, mommerie.

Full definition of mummery

Noun

1. merrymaking; the performance of a mummer
• 1819, Walter Scott, IvanhoeI say the sewer thought I was dressed to bear a part in the tregetour’s mummery, and so I got admission
2. a ridiculous or ostentatious ceremony, especially of a religious nature
• 1951, Isaac Asimov, FoundationWhy, you unweaned cub, he believes in that mummery a good deal less than I do, and I don't believe in it at all.
3. a showy but empty performance