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morutis

morutis is the plural of moruti.

Meaning of moruti

Noun

moruti (plural morutis)

  1. (South Africa) A teacher or preacher.
    • One of the chiefs on his return said, 'Know, O Moruti (missionary), that I have not killed any man, and I ordered my son to let a woman go free whom he had captured.'1891, Sofia Bompiani, Italian Explorers in Africa, The Religious Tract Society, page 138

Questions about morutis

What is morutis the plural of?
Morutis is the plural of moruti.

Words near morutis in the dictionary

  1. Morunglav
  2. Moruroa
  3. morusin
  4. Morute
  5. moruti
  6. morutis
  7. Moruya
  8. Moruya Heads
  9. Morval
  10. Morvan's syndrome
  11. Morvant

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