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The Fijians have the term kalou, which signifies beings other than men.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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[Greek: hôsper ho Agêsilaos ouk hypemeinen hypo tou kalou philêthênai prosiontos].
Plutarch's Morals 46-120? Plutarch
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But the process of god-making did not end with the appearance of men, for great chiefs and warriors after death became kalou yalo, or spirits, and often remained upon earth a menace to the unwary who might offend them.
Popular Science Monthly Oct, Nov, Dec, 1915 — Volume 86 Anonymous
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But the process of god-making did not end with the appearance of men, for great chiefs and warriors after death became kalou yalo, or spirits, and often remained upon earth a menace to the unwary who might offend them.
The Scientific Monthly, October-December 1915 Scientific Monthly 1915
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Gods are kalou vu, deified ghosts are kalou yalo; the former are eternal the latter subject to infirmity and even death.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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All gods are kalou, but not all beings that are kalou are gods.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Fijian notion of divinity (_kalou_), 440; two classes of gods, namely, divine gods and human gods or deified men, 440 _sq. _; temples (_bures_) 441 _sq. _; worship at the temples, 443; priests (_betes_), their oracular inspiration by the gods, 443-446; human sacrifices on various occasions, such as building a house or launching a new canoe, 446 _sq.
The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia James George Frazer 1897
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[1916] Tois kalois panta meta tes tou kalou prosthekes ginesthai.
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* Tois kalois panta meta tes tou kalou prosthekes ginesthai: [2030] 1
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Wheat farmers in ol-kalou are threatening to boycott farming of the crop due to poor prices.
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