Mummia

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy. countable, historical, uncountable

    ""Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia."

  2. 2
    An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy. countable, historical, uncountable

Example

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""Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia."

Etymology

From Late Latin mummia, mumia.

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