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Hātarei

1. (loan) (noun) Saturday.

Nō te tau 1888 ka whakatapua ko te Hātarei te rā Hāpati me Te Tekau-mā-rua o ngā rā o ia marama, hei whakamaharatanga mō Te Kapenga i a rātau ko ngā whakarau i tau mai ki Whareongaonga (TTR 1990:221). / In 1888 Saturday was set aside as the Sabbath along with the twelfth of each month to commemorate the Passover when the captives landed at Whareongaonga.

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Synonyms: Rāhoroi

Rāhoroi

1. (noun) Saturday.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 30;)

Nō te Rāhoroi, te 13 o ngā rā o Āperira, ka ū mai a Pīhopa Peneti ki Niu Pāremata i runga i ngā whakariterite ka haere ia ki te kāinga o tētahi o ōna tino hoa tawhito o Taranaki nei (TTT 1/5/1929:980). / On Saturday, 13 April, Bishop Bennett landed at New Plymouth in accordance with the arrangements that he go to the home of one of his old friends here in Taranaki.

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Synonyms: Hātarei

Hāpati

1. (loan) (noun) Sabbath - Saturday is the Sabbath of the Ringatū faith.

Nō te tau 1888 ka whakatapua ko te Hātarei te rā Hāpati me Te Tekau-mā-rua o ngā rā o ia marama, hei whakamaharatanga mō Te Kapenga i a rātau ko ngā whakarau i tau mai ki Whareongaonga (TTR 1990:221). / In 1888 Saturday was sanctified as the Sabbath along with the twelfth of each month to commemorate the Passover when the captives landed at Whareongaonga.

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Rēneti

1. (loan) (personal noun) Lent - the Christian period of fasting and penitence from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday.

Ko te Rātapu tuatoru i mua mai o Rēneti (Ma 1841:3). / The third Sunday before Lent.

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