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Definition of Mawmet
1. n. A puppet; a doll; originally, an idol, because in the Middle Ages it was generally believed that the Mohammedans worshiped images representing Mohammed.
Definition of Mawmet
1. Noun. (archaic form of mammet) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mawmet
1. maumet [n -S] - See also: maumet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mawmet
Literary usage of Mawmet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... Luther on Mohammed— 'mawmet'—Satan 'God's ape'—Mediaeval notions—Witches
Sabbath—An Infernal Trinity — Serpent of Sins — Antichrist Popes—Luther as ..."
2. Demonology and Devil-lore by Moncure Daniel Conway (1879)
"... 'mawmet'—Satan 'God's ape'—Mediaeval notions—Witches Sabbath—An Infernal
Trinity — Serpent of Sins — Antichrist Popes—Luther as Antichrist—Modern ..."
3. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... and saise |>at he es full blissed j'at will dye for )>e .lufe of his mawmet.
... of pam to paire mawmet; and pai 15 take pe blude of |>aire childer, ..."
4. A Literary Middle English Reader by Albert Stanburrough Cook (1915)
"... and saise pat he es full blissed pat will dye for pe lufe of his mawmet. ...
of pam to paire mawmet; and pai 15 take pe blude of paire childer, ..."
5. The Ancient Poem of Guillaume de Guileville, Entitled Le Pèlerinage de L by Nathaniel Hill (1858)
"There were kings, rooks, knights, &c.—all of them with their 3 mawmet, ...
poem the word mawmet is called the ..."
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