2. (modifier) spiritual, religious.
Me whakaaro te kāwanatanga kia whakaakona ōna tāngata ki ngā mea whakawhenua; me te Hāhi hoki e whakaako ana ki ngā mea whakawairua (TMT 15/8/1861:7). / The government must consider the secuIar instruction of its people, and the Church teaches the religious things.
Synonyms: whakapono
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