n., Pre-Christian place of worship, shrine; some heiau were elaborately constructed stone platforms, others simple earth terraces. Many are preserved today. In Isa. 15.2, heiau is a high place of worship.
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Heiau (for various kinds, see Haw.-Eng. entries and entries that follow). Also: eweʻai, haiau, hale heiau, hale poki, hale ʻopeʻope, hale hau, hale laʻa, hale lau, hale lama, hale pipipi, hale o Papa, hale o Lono, ipu-o-Lono, unu, alaō, kūkoaʻe, koleamoku, kūpalaha, lonopūhā, loulu, luakini, māpele, waihau, waikaua; puʻuhonua (place of refuge); kūʻula, koʻa (fishing shrines); mua (menʻs eating house). See altar, oracle tower, prayer, shrine. Parts of heiau: paehumu, pā (enclosure); kahua (area within enclosure); kīpapa (pavement); papahola (outside pavement); ahu, kuahu, lele (altar); lananuʻu, kapaʻau (place for images and offerings); nanahua (posts); luapaʻū, lua unu (refuse pit); hale pahu, hale puʻuone, hale umu, hāwai, mana, oeoe, pālima, wai ea (houses or booths within heiau). To direct, as heiau ceremonies, kuhikuhi. Circuit of the island by a chief to build heiaus, palaloa. To build heiaus, kūkulu heiau. Place where dignitaries stood near heiaus, kālewa.
s. A small secret room in the large temple.
2. A large temple of idolatry among Hawaiians; a temple for the worship of one or more of the gods; e kukulu oe i mau heiau no na akua, no Ku, no Lono, no Kane ame Kanaloa, build thou some temples for the gods, for Ku, for Lono, for Kane and Kanaloa.
3. The heiau was one of the six houses of every man's regular establishment—the house for the god; eono hale o na kanaka, he heiau, oia kekahi, men had six houses, the heiau (temple) was one.
4. In the Bible, a high place of worship. 2 Nal. 12:14; Isa. 15:2.
1. Large temples of the ancient Hawaiians: E kukulu oe i mau heiau no na akua, no Ku, no Lono, no Kane ame Kanaloa; build thou some temples for the gods, for Ku, for Lono, for Kane and Kanaloa.
2. A high place of worship.
3. A small secret room in a heiau.
4. A private place of worship. (The heiau, temple, was one of six houses of the ancient Hawaiian's home.)
, ancient place of worship
Land section, northeast Ka-hoʻolawe. Lit., place of worship.
Enclosure of 1 to 5 acres, with walls 10 feet thick and 20 feet high, capped perhaps with slabs tapered up. Inside the enclosure is a wood or stone temple (luakini), house of sacrifice. Within is the anuʻu of wicker work. (CMH.) See Heiaus.
The heiaus (temples) were the boldest and most common among the more massive structures in old Hawaiʻi.
In 1910, Thrumʻs Hawaiian Annual and Almanac printed statistics of the number of heiau foundations that could be found on the main islands of the Hawaiian chain: Hawaiʻi 138, Maui 39, Molokaʻi 24, Kauaʻi and Niihau 124, Oʻahu 96, a total of 421.
There were many kinds of heiau; some had special purposes: one for treating the ill, hoʻola; for good fishing, hoʻoūlu iʻa; for rain, hoʻoūlu; human sacrifices, poʻo kanaka; temple of war, waikaua; city of refuge, puʻuhonua.
There were many kinds of heiau; some had special purposes: one for treating the ill, hoʻola; for good fishing, hoʻoūlu iʻa; for rain, hoʻoūlu; human sacrifices, poʻo kanaka; temple of war, waikaua; city of refuge, puʻuhonua.
Functioning in 1800 was Hale-o-Keawe. Now a national histori- cal park called Puʻuhonua o Hoʻonaunau.
Temple, place for the worship of the gods.
large place of worship.
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