(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:15:46

Mom"i*er (?), n. [F. momier, fr. OF. momer, mommer, to mumm, to mask one's self.]

A name given in contempt to strict Calvinists in Switzerland, France, and some parts of Germany, in the early part of the 19th century.

 

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