'There was naught of mummery about Raama. He had grasped the First Principles...'
-The Screaming Skull of Silence
mummery.
[ˈməmərē]
NOUN
mummeries (plural noun)
1. a performance by mummers.
2. ridiculous ceremonial, especially of a religious nature:
ORIGIN
mid 16th cent.: from Old French momerie, from momer (see mummer).
A Well of Heroes: Two:
Literary Impressions of the Prose and Verse of Robert E. Howard