mummification
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English
Etymology
From mummify + -ication, after French momification.
Pronunciation
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Noun
mummification (countable and uncountable, plural mummifications)
- The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.
- Hypernym: embalming
- 1999, Sally Tagholm, “Mummification”, in Ancient Egypt: A Guide to Egypt in the Time of the Pharaohs (Sightseers: Essential Travel Guides to the Past), New York, N.Y.: Kingfisher, →ISBN, page 21:
- Mummification is not reserved exclusively for humans. Cats, dogs, and even crocodiles often get the same treatment—complete with animal-shaped coffins and painted faces.
- (BDSM) The practice of wrapping a person's arms, torso, and legs in order to restrict their movement.
Translations
the making of a dead body into a mummy to preserve it
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References
- ^ “mummification, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
