Meaning of Mana | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Power, prestige; specifically, a form of supernatural energy in Polynesian religion that inheres in things or people.
   uncountable, usually
2. Alternative spelling of manna.
   alt-of, alternative, uncountable
3. Magical energy.
   uncountable, usually

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Examples

“They further required that a certain number⟳ of the old Chiefs should be liberally pensioned by the Government, and placed upon a footing of equality with European gentlemen of independent means, in consideration of their resigning their "mana" as Chiefs in favor of the new system […]”

“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.”

“Among the Maori sovereignty was the result⟳ of mana—power based on hereditary rank and personal achievement. Manas could coexist and overlap, as they did in the medieval times in Europe.”

“On a number⟳ of occasions in recent years apologies have⟳ been offered to Māori because of past offences to their mana and invasions of their rights as tangata whenua.”

“Mana is the name⟳ we give⟳ to the power behind magic.”

“However, all such magik requires the mages [sic] own⟳ "MANA" or "internal power" to make⟳ it work⟳. Without the mana, a spoken spell⟳ is just so much gibberish.”

“Lands generate⟳ mana, which is required to cast⟳ spells.”

“[…] Teleporting from an open⟳ room where there were a dozen black orcs firing bows […] landed me, low on mana and hitpoints, in a room full of gnome mages who instantly summoned four umber hulks and a xorn!”

“Mana often grows in exponential proportion to population size, so as the population increases the player acquires vastly greater powers—a progression that god games share⟳ with spellcaster characters in role-playing games.”

“The player starts with no mana crystals, and gets one on their first turn⟳, meaning an 8-mana card cannot be played until turn⟳ 8.”

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