collyridian

\\ˌkäləˈridēən\ noun (-s)

Usage: usually capitalized

Etymology: Medieval Latin Collyridianus, from Late Latin collyrida thin cake of bread, from Greek kollyrid-, kollyris, diminutive of kollyra roll of bread

: one of a heretical sect in the 4th and 5th centuries chiefly in Arabia that employed women as priestesses to offer sacrifices in the form of rolls of bread to the Virgin Mary