Gewgawry

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Gaudiness; ornamentation, show. uncountable

    "[R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […]."

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"[R]eligion […] here consists almost entirely of external show and gewgawry, of bowings, courtesies, and various gesticulations […]."

Etymology

From gewgaw + -ry.

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