mummia
nounEtymology From Late Latin mummia, mumia.
1
Historical 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
Historical An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.