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Maori
Etymology
Compound of whare (“house”) + karakia (“prayer, incantation, church service”).
Noun
whare karakia
- a religious building: a church, a synagogue, a mosque, a house of prayer
Nō te rā hāpati i kauhau ai a Te Karaiti, i roto i ngā whare karakia.- On the sabbath day Christ preached in the churches.
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