Katorika
1. (loan) (modifier) Catholic.
Kia rongo mai te hunga katoa, ko ahau, ko Rene Pirihi Katorika Rōmana, i te tuatoru o ngā rā o Hepetema,1878 kua oti i a au te mārena i a Te Hauke i te tikanga o te Hāhi, i te Ture Kāwhana, a Epiha Tipuna, tama a Pēne rāua ko Māta, ki a Hiromena Pouaru, tamāhine a Manuera Te Irimata rāua ko Peata Hauuru (TW 14/9/1878:454). / Let everyone know that I, Father Rene, Roman Catholic priest, on the 3rd September,1878, at Te Hauke, according to the Church’s protocols and to government law, married Epiha Tipuna, son of Ben and Martha, to Philomena Pouaru, daughter of Manuel Te Irimata and Beatrix Hauuru.
2. (loan) (noun) Catholic, Catholicism.
Ka hokowhitu ngā pīhopa nunui kua huri ki te Katorika (TP 5/1911:11). / A hundred and forty senior bishops have converted to Catholicism.