1. (noun) aquired leadership - power and status accrued through one's leadership talents, mana resulting from strength of character and force of will, and the means a leader has to enforce those wishes. Also known as mana tangata.
(Te Kōhure Video Tapes (Ed. 1): 6;)
See also mana, mana tangata
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