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Definition of matakite in English: matakitenounˈmatəˌkɪteɪ NZ 1A Maori person with supernatural insight who sees visions of the future. a person calling themselves a matakite posted a message on her Facebook page Example sentencesExamples - The mother had committed a breach of tapu, which had to be discovered by the matakite.
- She acts as a matakite (family seer) to him and soberly declares: You must remain a fugitive until you have put right the wrong you did to my nephew.
- Matakite are the seers, those that see, hear and know beyond the ordinary; those who are aware of and experience the spiritual realms.
- The matakite declares to his visitor the cause of his relative's illness.
- A female matakite may be found at the village.
- The song was composed by the matakite.
- The publicity material for the work described the woman as a 'seer,' or matakite.
- Some people would not believe him when he said that the matakite (seer) was "top of the lot".
- Some but not all Māori were prepared by what were authentic divine special revelations by their own matakite (seers).
- The matakite was a person who assisted the tohunga by diagnosing a patient's illness.
- 1.1mass noun The supernatural ability to see visions of the future.
she will hold an eight-week residency which centres on her matakite Example sentencesExamples - The belief in matakite or the gift of second-sight is universal amongst the Maoris.
- I suppose in some societies they call it the third eye, but in our society we call it the gift of matakite, which means the ability to foresee.
- The lineage of prophetic tradition and the acceptance of the power of matakite infuses all the major Maori movements, religious and political.
- These parables were the product of a powerful concordance between Old Testament notions of prophethood and matakite, the gift of foresight.
- With her gift of matakite or second sight, she deepens her connection to traditional Maori values and the politics of Maori culture in a colonised world.
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