2. Noun. the courtyard of a Maori wharenui or meeting-house and the buildings around it ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Marae
1. a Maori meeting-place [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Marae
Literary usage of Marae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Voyages and Travels Round the World: By the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, James Montgomery, London Missionary Society (1841)
"Near at hand was the ruin of a marae, out of which we picked several human skulls,
being those of victims who hud been here ..."
2. Journal of Voyages and Travels by the Rev. Daniel Tyerman and George Bennet by Daniel Tyerman, George Bennet, London Missionary Society (1832)
"... Sayings— Large marae—Converted Priest of Oro—Picture of a Party asleep —Converted
Shark-worshipper—A Shark-marae—Accident-bird— Value of a Nail. Dec. ..."
3. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"marae, an enclosed place in front of a house ; a yard: A ka tae mai ki te marae
... Tahitian—marae, the sacred place formerly used for worship, where stones ..."
4. Mystic Isles of the South Seas by Frederick O'Brien (1921)
"CHAPTER XXI A heathen temple—The great marae of Oberea—I visit it with Rupert
Brooke and Chief ... marae ..."
5. The Uncivilized Races of Men in All Countries of the World: Being a by John George Wood (1883)
"This marae is a hundred and twenty-four feet in length by sixteen in breadth,
and is composed, like the marae of Oro, of two stories, the last being nearly ..."
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