Definitions
Spiritual power, prestige, or magical energy.
Word origin
Borrowed from Māori mana, ultimately from Proto-Polynesian *mana, from Proto-Oceanic *mana.
Used in a sentence
“The human tribe partakes of the mana or life-force of the animal, and is strengthened […]”
“But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.”
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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01“Magical power”4 letters
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