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Hāhi Weteriana

1. (loan) Methodist Church, Wesleyan Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317). / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Mihingare

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

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Mōmona

1. (loan) (noun) Mormon Church, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Nā tētahi o ngā pakeke o Ngāti Rākaipākā, nō te Hāhi o te Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri nei, arā, te Hāhi Mōmona, i tuku tētahi pānga whenua hai whakatū i a Kahungunu ki runga (HP 1991:80). / One of the elders of Ngāti Rākaipākā belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, that is the Mormon Church, ceded a piece of land on which to erect Kahungunu.

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Hāhi Perehipitiriana

1. (loan) Presbyterian Church, Church of Scotland.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Mihingare

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

Ko reira e tino whakaatu pono ana ahau ki a koe ko ngā kaiwhakahaere o taua mahi i taua rā nō te Hāhi Mihingare, arā e kīia nei ko te Hāhi o Ingarangi (TP 10/1904:9). / It is that which I truly expound to you and the organisers of that activity on that day who are from the Anglican Church, that is the one called the Church of England.

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

Āe, ko tōku hāhi he Mihingare (TJ 3/11/1898:12). / Yes, my religion is Anglican.

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Synonyms: Mihinare

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

Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti o Ngā Hunga Tapu o Ngā Rā o Muri Nei

1. (loan) (noun) The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

He tūpuna rongonui ngā tūpuna o Tūati, ā, i mua i tana whānautanga i poropititia, māna e ora mai ai ōna tūpuna; taihoa kitea ai ko te mahi iriiri a te Hāhi o Ihu Karaiti mō te Hunga Tapu o ngā Rā o Muri Nei, arā, a te Hāhi Mōmona i te hunga kua mate kē noa atu te tikanga o te kōrero nei (TTR 1998:110). / Stuart's ancestors were distinguished and before he as born it was prophesied that he would save his ancestors; this was later seen as a prediction of the practice of baptism of the dead by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, that is the Mormon Church

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Whakawhanaunga o Ngā Hāhi, Te

1. (noun) Council of Churches.

whare karakia

1. (noun) church (building), synagogue, house of prayer - a building for religious services.

Nō te rā hāpati i kauhau ai a Te Karaiti, i roto i ngā whare karakia (TP 8/1904:8). / On the sabbath day Christ preached in the churches.

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hāhi tūrangahapa

1. (noun) Protestant Church.

Ko te āhua piri o Te Atua Wera ki te Kāhi Katorika e rite ana te kaha ki tana whakaparahako i ngā hāhi tūrangahapa (TTR 1990:100). / Te Atua Wera's somewhat close association with the Catholic Church was in keeping with the strength of his disdain of the Protestant (secessional) Churches.

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Hāhi o Te Karaiti

1. (loan) (noun) Church of Christ.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Ringatū

1. (loan) (noun) Ringatū Church, Ringatū faith - a Māori Christian religious faith founded by Te Kooti in the 1860s with significant numbers of adherents amongst the Bay of Plenty and East Coast iwi.

(Te Kōhure Textbook (Ed. 2): 229-234; Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 5;)

Ahakoa kāore anō ia kia takatū noa, i riro nāna tonu ia i ako ki ngā tikanga o te Hāhi, taringa whakarongo noa ai ki tana pāpā, haere rānei ki ngā rā i ngā wāhi e kaha ana te mau o te whakapono o te Hāhi Ringatū (TTR 1998:26). / Although he was unprepared, he taught himself the practices of the Church by just listening to his father or by attending the church days at the places where the Ringatū Church was strong.

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karakia

1. (verb) (-tia) to recite ritual chants, say grace, pray, recite a prayer, chant.

Nā, ka mahia e ngā tohunga ka unuhia ngā rito kōrari, ka karakiatia kia mōhiotia ai, ka mate ka ora rānei (M 2005:280). / Now, the tohunga plucked the centre shoots of the flax, and recited incantations over them to ascertain whether the result would be defeat or victory.

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Synonyms: inoi


2. (noun) incantation, ritual chant, chant, intoned incantation, charm, spell - a set form of words to state or make effective a ritual activity. Karakia are recited rapidly using traditional language, symbols and structures. Traditionally correct delivery of the karakia was essential: mispronunciation, hesitation or omissions courted disaster. The two most important symbols referred to in karakia are of sticks and food, while the two key actions are of loosing and binding. Individual karakia tend to follow a pattern: the first section invokes and designates the atua, the second expresses a loosening of a binding, and the final section is the action, the ordering of what is required, or a short statement expressing the completion of the action. The images used in karakia are from traditional narratives. There were karakia for all aspects of life, including for the major rituals, i.e. for the child, canoe, kūmara, war party and the dead. Karakia for minor rituals and single karakia include those for the weather, sickness, daily activities and for curses and overcoming curses. These enabled people to carry out their daily activities in union with the ancestors and the spiritual powers.

Hanga rawa anō tōna whare wānanga, hei akonga mō ngā tamariki ki ngā tini karakia, ki tō rātou atua tapu, te karakia mākutu, te karakia ātahu, te karakia wehe, te karakia taupō, te karakia hono i te iwi whati, te karakia whakahoki mākutu, te karakia patu i ngā tapu, te karakia i ngā kanohi pura, te karakia mō te raoa, te karakia mō te haere ki te whawhai, te karakia whakaara i ngā tapu, te karakia kia ua te rangi, te karakia kia mao te ua, te karakia kia whatitiri, kia rū te whenua, kia maroke ngā rākau, kia maroke te wai, kia ngaru te moana, kia rokia te moana, kia haere mai ngā ika taniwha o te moana, ngā ngārara o te tuawhenua, te karakia o te huamata, te pure o te hua mai o te tau, te karakia o te kawenga ki roto i te rua tāhuhu, i te rua kōpiha rānei, te karakia o te tomokanga ki te ngāherehere, o te whakaputanga mai rānei i ngā manu mate ki waho o te ngahere, te karakia o te whakaatahanga o te whare o te whakatuheratanga hoki o te whare, te karakia o te nehunga tūpāpaku, te karakia o te whānautanga tamariki, o te whakaputanga hoki ki waho i te whare kōhanga, o te tohinga rānei i te ingoa (TJ 20/6/1899:3). / He built his academy of learning to teach the children the many ritual chants, their sacred god, karakia for witchcraft, to bewitch, to divert affections, for ?ulcers, to mend broken bones, to counter witchcraft, to kill using tapu, for blindness, for choking, for going into battle, to lift tapu, for rain, for rain to cease, to cause lightning, to cause earthquakes, to make trees dry up, to dry up water, to make the sea rough, to calm the sea, to attract large fish of the ocean and insects of the land, karakia for planting, to lift the tapu on a harvest to ensure a plentiful crop, for storing crops in covered pits or pits, karakia for entering the forest or for bringing dead birds out of the forest, karakia for building and opening buildings, for burying the dead, or childbirth and for leaving the house for childbirth and of the naming ceremony.

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See also karakia whakahorohoro, karakia whati, karakia haumanu, karakia kikokiko, karakia whakaū

Synonyms: kaha


3. (noun) prayer, grace, blessing, service, church service - an extension of the traditional term for introduced religions, especially Christianity.

Kāore he utu mō ngā tīkiti, kāore hoki he ohaoha i roto i ngā karakia (TTT 1/10/1923:16). / The tickets are free and there is no offertory in the service.

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Synonyms: inoi, minita, whakaekeeke, whakarato, rato, ratonga, tuku

Mōmona

1. (loan) (modifier) Mormon.

Me kōrero anō e koe aku kōrero tuatahi mō te Hāhi Mōmona, kāore anō kia tino mau i a koe (TP 1/12/1899:6). / You should reread my first account about the Mormon Church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints), which you have not yet fully grasped.

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2. (loan) (personal name) Mormon.

Tokorua ngā tino tāngata i roto i taua kōrero tara, ko Mōmona rāua ko tāna tamaiti… (HKW 4/1898:3). / There were two main characters in that narrative, Mormon and his son…

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3. (loan) (noun) Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Titiro ki tēnei kauhau a te Mōmona... (TP 7/1908:5). / Look at this preaching of the Mormon...

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Synonyms: Moromona

Whakaminenga, Te

1. (noun) Congregational Church.

Hāhi Whakaminenga

1. (loan) Congregational Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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Hāhi Katorika

1. (loan) Roman Catholic Church.

Ahakoa a Te Hāpuku kāore i whakaae ki te kaupapa Karaitiana, i tukuna e ia tana iwi, me ana tamariki tonu, kia whakauru atu. Inā hoki kua kite kē ia e whai take tonu ana ngā mihingare o te Hāhi Mihingare me te Hāhi Katorika (TTR 1990:178). / Although Te Hāpuku did not agree with Christianity, he allowed his people and his own children to join because he had seen that the missionaries of the Anglican and Catholic churches were useful.

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Moromona

1. (loan) (modifier) Mormon.

He ui tēnei: kei whea tētahi tangata Moromona kua mārenatia ki ngā wāhine e rua o ēnei motu katoa? (TP 11/1901:9). / This is the question: where is the Mormon man of all these islands who has been married to two women?

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2. (loan) (personal name) Mormon.

He whakaaro rānei nō rātou he pai kē atu mō mātou mō te Māori te rumaki, te Pukapuka a Moromona... (HKW 5/1899:6). / Or do they think that we, the Māori, are better to get into the Book of Mormon...

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3. (loan) (noun) Mormon, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

E huaina hētia nei he Moromona, ki ētahi te Mōmona (TJ 14/9/1899:15). / They are incorrectly called Mormons.

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Synonyms: Mōmona

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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hāhi

1. (loan) (noun) church, sect, religion.

Koia nei ngā take o taua hīnota, he whakapuaki i ngā mahi o te hāhi (TW 20/7/1878:366). / These were the reasons for the synod, to discuss the activities of the church.

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