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Mahometry
Mahometry Obs. exc. arch. (məˈhɒmɪtrɪ) See also maumetry. [f. Mahomet + -ry.] = Muhammadanism. In the 16th c. sometimes misused for ‘false religion’, ‘idolatry’.1481 Caxton Godfrey clxxxvii. 274 Theyr mahometry and fowle lawe of machomet. 1530 Tindale Answ. More's Dial. Wks. (1573) 256/1 The sacrifi...
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maumetry
maumetry Obs. exc. arch. (ˈmɔːmɪtrɪ) Forms: see maumet; also 4 mamentre, (4–5 pl. mau-, mawme(n)tryse), 6 mamoutrie, malmontrye, mammon(t)rie, mammitrie, -ye. [f. maumet + -ry. Cf. Mahometry.] 1. The worship of images; idolatry. Also ‘false religion’, heathenism.a 1300 Cursor M. 6623 Þai..heild his ...
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maculate
▪ I. maculate, ppl. a. (ˈmækjʊleɪt) [ad. L. maculāt-us, pa. pple. of maculāre, f. macula spot.] = maculated; in early use occas. pa. pple. Now chiefly lit. and poet., in expressed or implied antithesis to immaculate.1490 Caxton Eneydos iv. 20 So departe thou thenne fro this londe, maculate, and full...
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Muhammadry
† Muˈhammadry Obs. rare. [f. Muhammad + -ry. Cf. Mahometry.] = Muhammadanism.1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 378 The Persians are a kinde of..Puritans in their impure Muhammedrie.
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