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wā o mua

1. (noun) olden days, former times, formerly.

Ka whakaaratia ake e ia ngā kōrero o te Kawenata Tawhito e hoki anō ai ki te wā o mua i tini ai ngā wāhine a te tangata kotahi, ahakoa kāre ia i whakaae ki ana kaiārahi kia whai i tēnei tikanga (TTR 1990:313). / He appealed to the authority of the Old Testament for a return to the custom of former times of plural marriage, although this was denied to his higher clergy.

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