karakia
/ˌkɑːrəˈkiːə
/noun (plural same or karakias) NZ
A prayer or incantation: the ceremony continued with hymns and karakia...
- I bet National does not start its caucus meeting with a karakia.
- These karakia were to make their offspring plentiful for his food.
- People rock up here every day and hear the Speaker give a wonderful karakia, a wonderful piece of Christianity.
Origin
Mid 19th century: Maori.
- proleptic
- proleptical
- proletaire
- proletarian
- proletarianisation
- proletarianism
- proletarianization
- proletarianize
- proletarianly
- proletarian revolution
- proletariat
- proletariate
- proletariatism
- proletarisation
- proletarise
- proletarization
- proletarize
- proletary
- proletcult
- proletculte
- proletkult
- proletkul't
- proletkultist
- prolet-ˈcultist
- prolicidal