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mummia en · NOUN

Etymology

From Late Latin mummia, mumia.

Meanings

1. (countable, historical, uncountable) A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.
   • "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. 1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 120:
2. (countable, historical, uncountable) An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.

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