Meaning

2 senses
  1. (obsolete, uncountable, usually)The religion of Muhammad: Islam.

  2. (archaic, uncountable, usually)Idolatry; paganism.

Origin

From Middle English mawmetrie, from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, a reduced form of mahumetteri

From Middle English mawmetrie, from Anglo-Norman maumeterie, a reduced form of mahumetterie (“idolatry, heathendom”), from Mahumet (“Muhammad”), ultimately from Arabic مُحَمَّد (muḥammad) (see Muhammad for more). Equivalent to mammet + -ry.

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