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Mammet

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A puppet, a favourite, an idol. A corruption of Mahomet. Mahometanism being the most prominent form of false religion with which Christendom was acquainted before the Reformation, it became a generic word to designate any false faith; even idolatry is called mammetry.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Malthusian Doctrine
Malum
Malum in Se (Latin)
Malum Prohibitum (Latin)
Malvolio
Mamamouchi
Mambrino’s Helmet
Mamelon
Mamelukes
Mamma, Mother
Mammet
Mammon
Mammon of Unrighteousness (The)
Mammon’s Cave
Mammoth Cave (The)
Man (Isle of)
Man
Man Friday (A)
Man-jack
Man … Monkey
Man-Mountain or Quinbus Flestrin