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Mihinare

1. (loan) (modifier) Anglican, Church of England.

Nā te minita Pākehā rāua i hono i runga i te Hāhi Mihinare (TJ 2/2/1899:12). / The Pākehā minister joined them [in marriage] according to [the protocols of] the Anglican Church.

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2. (loan) (noun) Anglican, Church of England, member of the Anglican Church.

Nā te Mihinare i whakaū mai te whakapono ki roto o Waiapu i mua tata atu i te Tiriti o Waitangi (TP 11/1899:8). / The Anglicans brought the faith into Waiapu just before the Treaty of Waitangi.

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Synonyms: Mihingare

mihinare

1. (loan) (modifier) missionary.

Ko ngā tamariki mihinare kia mutu te mahi Kāwanatanga (TW 10/8/1878:400) / That the missionaries’ children stop doing Government work.

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2. (loan) (noun) missionary.

Ka whakatūria a Wī Pātene e te Hāhi hei mihinare mō Waipā (TW 31/8/1878:438). / Wī Pātene was appointed a missionary by the church for Waipā.

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Rōpū Hāhi Mihinare

1. (noun) Church Missionary Society.

I te tau 1840, i te marama o Hānuere, ka haere rāua ko Te Korohiko ki Pēwhairangi i te taha o Te Karu Whā, o te Rōpū Hāhi Mihinare, ki ngā hui whakawhitiwhiti kōrero mō te Tiriti o Waitangi (TTR 1990:187). / In January 1840, he and Te Korohiko travelled to the Bay of Islands with Henry Williams of the Church Missionary Society to the gathering discussing the Treaty of Waitangi.

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