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whakaminenga

1. (noun) assembly, congregation, crowd, gathering, group, audience, confederation.

Ko te whakauru ki taua karapu me ngau te tangata ki te paepae hamuti, kātahi anō ka mana ki te whai kī i roto i taua whakaminenga (TTT 1/2/1927:533). / For the membership of that club a person must undertake an initiation ritual and only then is he able to have speaking rights in that assembly.

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Whakaminenga, Te

1. (noun) Congregational Church.

Hāhi Whakaminenga

1. (loan) Congregational Church.

Ka pātai mai ki a au, 'Ko ēhea hāhi?' Ka whakautu atu au, 'Ko te Hāhi Weteriana, ko te Hāhi Mihingare, ko te Hāhi Perehipitiriana, ko te Hāhi Whakaminenga, ko te Hāhi o Te Karaiti.' (HP 1991:316-317) / He asked me, 'Which churches?' I replied, 'The Methodist Church, the Church of England, the Presbyterian Church, the Congregational Church and the Church of Christ.'

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pakaru ana te [huihuinga/whakaminenga]

1. meeting adjourned - an expression used to say that a meeting has ended or the assembly has dispersed.

Nō konei ka mutu ngā kōrero, pakaru ana te huihuinga (TWMNT 18/6/1873:64). / This concluded the speeches and the meeting was adjourned.

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