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tohunga
/ ˈtɒhʊŋə; tɒˈhʊŋə /
noun
- a Māori priest, the repository of traditional lore
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Nor have they any particular reverence for the Tohunga or priest.
From Project Gutenberg
The light was little better than darkness; and the part of the room in which the tohunga sat was now in perfect darkness.
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A successful Tohunga, or wizard, lived on the fat of the land; a few failures, and he was treated with discredit and contempt.
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The heir-male was always regarded as the head of the family, and in the olden times was its priest or tohunga.
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Do not suppose that the man who directed this business was an old tohunga.
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