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Papita

1. (loan) (personal name) Baptist.

Ka tika hoki te kupu a ngā tāngata o Rangiaohia ki a Kāwana Kerei, arā, a Hoani Papita mā, i te tau i hoki ai a Kāwana Kerei ki Ingarangi, i 1853 (TH 2/1861:2). / The words of the people of Rangiaohia, that is of John Baptist and others, to Governor Grey were correct in the year that he returned to England in 1853.

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2. (loan) (noun) Baptist.

I te Rātapu, i te 28 o Āperira, huihui ana ngā hāhi ki te kai hakarameta, arā te Hāhi Weteriana, Inetepeneta, Papita, Kōtarana (TH 5/1861:2). / On Sunday, 28th of April, the churches met together for communion, that is the Weslyan, Independent, Baptist and Presbyterian Churches.

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Synonyms: Iriiri

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