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单词 ringatu
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Ringatun.

Brit. /rɪŋ(ɡ)əˈtuː/, U.S. /ˌrɪŋ(ɡ)əˈtu/, New Zealand English /rɪŋʌˈtuː/, /rɪŋ(ɡ)əˈtuː/
Inflections: Plural Ringatus, unchanged.
Forms: 1900s– Ringa tu, 1900s– Ringa-tu, 1900s– Ringatu. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Maori. Etymon: Maori ringa tū.
Etymology: < Maori ringa tū < ringa hand + to stand, be upright, so called with reference to the movement's symbol, a raised hand.The movement was founded in 1867 by the Maori leader Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki (compare quot. 1901).
A Maori religious movement, based on Christianity. Also: a follower of this movement. Frequently attributive.
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1901 Missionary Rev. of World July 558/2 There remain about..6,000 heathen who are followers of Te Kooti's and similar systems, and are known generally by the name of Ringa-tu.
1905 Trans. & Proc. N.Z. Inst. 1904 37 87 I heard an old woman ask her, ‘In what state are you now?’ (i.e., ‘Have you deserted our ringa tu religion, are you noa ?’).
1928 Let. 17 Dec. in M. P. K. Sorrenson Na To Hoa Aroha (1986) I. 160 The Ringatus, a strong factor on this side, are prepared to arrive at a modus vivendi with the mihinare.
1982 H. Mol Fixed & Fickle iii. 36 The Major Pakeha denominations in New Zealand, such as the Anglican, Methodist, and Presbyterian churches, have not left the maintenance of maoritanga solely to the Maori denominations such as Ringatu and Ratana.
1996 R. Neich in D. C. Starzecka Maori Art & Culture iv. 108 Ringatu services are held not in separate church buildings but in the meeting houses of the Church's adherents.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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