He momo kāwanatanga ka whakahaerehia i raro i te maru o te hāhi me te atua o taua hāhi (ngā atua rānei), kei ōna pirihi te ringa kaha.
A type of government that is directed under the auspices of a church and their god (or gods) and controlled by the priests.
TAKENGA MAI
▾mana - authority, power
hāhi - church
Ko Irāna tētahi whenua he mana hāhi tōna kāwanatanga i raro i te whakapono Ihirama.
Huri i te ao, he mana hāhi e whakahaere ana i te nuinga o ngā whenua i tētahi takiwā o mua.
Nāna i kauhau ngā whakararu tērā ka hua ake mēnā he mana hāhi e whakahaere ana i tētahi whenua, me tana tohe kia noho wehe kē te hāhi ki waho atu i te kāwanatanga.