mana
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
mana (uncountable)
- Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people. [from 19th c.]
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in 16th and 17th Century England, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, OCLC 71368859 ↗; republished London: Folio Society, 2012, OCLC 805007047 ↗, page 193:
- But in popular estimation their essential virtue derived from the personal mana of the sovereign.
- 1971, Keith Thomas, Religion and the Decline of Magic: Studies in Popular Beliefs in 16th and 17th Century England, London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, OCLC 71368859 ↗; republished London: Folio Society, 2012, OCLC 805007047 ↗, page 193:
- (fantasy RPG) Magical power.
- Spanish: maná
mana (plural manas)
- Alternative form of mina.
mana (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of manna.
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