mawmetrie

Middle English

Alternative forms

• mametrie, mametrye, maumentre, maumentri, maumetri, maumetrie, maumetry, maumetrye, maumettri, maumettrie, mawmentrie, mawmentry, mawmetry

Etymology

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, mahumetterie; equivalent to mawmet +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mau̯ˈmɛːtriː(ə)/, /ˈmau̯mɛtriː(ə)/, /ˈmau̯mɛntriː(ə)/

Noun

mawmetrie (plural mawmetries)

1. Idolatry, paganism:
   1. Islam (improperly understood as paganism)
   2. (figurative) Adoration of worldly things.
   3. Occult practices; witchcraft.
2. An idol or graven image:
   1. (collective) idols, graven images
   2. (figurative) worldly distractions

Descendants

• English: mammetry

References

• “maumetrī(e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.