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Rātini

1. (loan) (modifier) Latin.

I kī anō a Kōhere i roto i te reo Rātini ko te mana o te Ingarihi he ‘multa iu uno’, arā he maha i roto i te kotahi (TP 7/1900:9). / Kōhere also said in the Latin language that the power of the English is 'multa iu uno', that is many within one.

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2. (loan) (noun) Catholic.

Ko te Hāhi Kiriki 2,000, ko ngā Rātini 1,000, ko ngā Āminiana 350, ko ngā Kopita 100, ko ngā Hiriana 20 (AO 1/1862:23). / There are 2,000 Greek churches, 1,000 Catholic, 350 Arminian, 100 Coptic and 20 Syrian.

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3. (loan) (noun) Latin, Roman.

...ā i roto i aua rā ka hāpainga e ngā Kiriki, e ngā Rātini, hangā ana he pā mō rātou ki Hiruhārama, tapā iho taua pā, ko Eria Kapitorina (TWT 1/9/1858:4). / And in those days, it was raised up by the Greeks and the Romans, who built themselves a city at Jerusalem, and they named that city Aelia Capitolina.

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Synonyms: Rōmana, Rōma

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