Sentence:  "Now let us partake of the holy <WSD>mummia</WSD>," 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 <WSD>mummia</WSD> – or at least I presumed it was <WSD>mummia</WSD>. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.