pule
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Once everyone is present, Tūtū opens us with a pule, prayer.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
We pule again, and then we line up to scoop food onto our plates.
From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila
The pule now to be given seems to be specially suited to that portion of the service which took place in the woods at the gathering of the poles and greenery.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
Then came another period of dance and song; and then, having cantillated a pule hoonoa, to lift the tabu, the kumu went forth to his own ceremonial cleansing bath in the sea.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
In truth, the Hawaiians not unfrequently applied the term pule to compositions which we moderns find it hard to bring within our definitions of prayer.
From Unwritten Literature of Hawaii The Sacred Songs of the Hula by Emerson, Nathaniel Bright
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"The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet," Vocabulary from Act 3
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