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/ˈmɑː.nə/ · noun
Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people..
But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
They further required that a certain number of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their "mana" as Chiefs in favor of the new system […]
The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened […]
It can be seen, therefore, that mana is a nonvisible changing measure; it can remain static, increase, or decrease, depending on the actions or inaction of the recipient, and it can be enhanced or diminished.
Among the Maori sovereignty was the result of mana—power based on hereditary rank and personal achievement. Manas could coexist and overlap, as they did in the medieval times in Europe.
On a number of occasions in recent years apologies have been offered to Māori because of past offences to their mana and invasions of their rights as tangata whenua.
Mana is the name we give to the power behind magic.
However, all such magik requires the mages [sic] own "MANA" or "internal power" to make it work. Without the mana, a spoken spell is just so much gibberish.
Use mana when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Mana means Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people..
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But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
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