tohunga

British  

/ ˈtɒhʊŋə, tɒˈhʊŋə /

noun

1. a Māori priest, the repository of traditional lore

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tohunga

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

From Old New Zealand: being Incidents of Native Customs and Character in the Old Times by 'A Pakeha Maori'

On the next day he was suffering from a chill and fever which defied the kindly attentions of Nicholas, who visited him daily until the tohunga forbad his admission.

From A History of the English Church in New Zealand by Purchas, H. T. (Henry Thomas)

The Pakeha Maori was present in a darkened village-hall when the spirit of a young man, a great friend of his own, was called up by a tohunga.

From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew

Then Kawiti, who is himself a tohunga, threw a rakau for his own path—he threw one for himself and people, and one for the soldiers, and one for the town.

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha

At night the tohunga invoked the familiar spirit, he became inspired, and in a sort of hollow whistle came the words of fate:—"He will return, but yet not return."

From Old New Zealand A Tale of the Good Old Times; and A History of the War in the North against the Chief Heke, in the Year 1845 by Maori, A Pakeha