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tapu |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Taboo \Ta*boo"\, a. [Written also {tapu}.] [Polynesian tabu, tapu, sacred, under restriction, a prohibition.] Set apart or sacred by religious custom among certain races of Polynesia, New Zealand, etc., and forbidden to certain persons or uses; hence prohibited under severe penalties; interdicted; as food, places, words customs, etc., may be taboo.
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