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tohunga

/ ˈtɒhʊŋə; tɒˈhʊŋə /

noun

  1. a Māori priest, the repository of traditional lore


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Example Sentences

Nor have they any particular reverence for the Tohunga or priest.

The light was little better than darkness; and the part of the room in which the tohunga sat was now in perfect darkness.

A successful Tohunga, or wizard, lived on the fat of the land; a few failures, and he was treated with discredit and contempt.

The heir-male was always regarded as the head of the family, and in the olden times was its priest or tohunga.

Do not suppose that the man who directed this business was an old tohunga.

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