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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

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