reimana
1. (loan) (modifier) lay, non-clerical.
Ka nui tōku hari i taku kitenga i tō koutou tokomaha i tae mai ki tēnei hui, arā, ko te nuinga o ngā minita Māori, ā, me te tokomaha o ngā māngai reimana (TP 4/1902:8). / I am very happy to see how many of you have come to this meeting, that is, the number of Māori ministers, and the good number of lay representatives.
2. (loan) (noun) layman, lay preacher.
I haere ngā reimana o Kaipara ki reira, a Eruera Paerima, me Pāora Kāwharu, me Hāmiora Terakato, me ngā rangatira taitamariki o Te Taoū i tae ki Ākarana (TW 20/7/1878:366). / The laymen of Kaipara, Eruena Paerima, Pāora Kāwharu and Hāmiora Terakato went there as did the young chiefs of the Te Taoū hapū and they met in Auckland.
