A practitioner of Huna, an old esoteric tradition native to the Hawaiian Islands.
a priest, doctor, or other trained person of old Hawaii, endowed with special professional skills that often included the gift of prophecy or other supernatural powers.
A priest, minister or expert in any field. eg. A kahuna was asked to bless the site before construction began.
Keeper of the secret; minister, specialist in any profession.
A practitioner of the old Hawaiian philosophical, scientific and magical system.
The Hawaiian system of magic and healing. A high level practitioner of Huna Magic, or any authority such as a professor.
priests and master craftsmen who ranked near the top of the social scale; occupational specialists; kahuna pule were a distinct group of priests presiding over each religious cult
Originally, Kahuna was the Hawaiian title for a priest, expert, teacher, and/or adviser, and the term is still used in that context by native Hawaiians. (See ancient Hawai'i) A kahuna nui was a high priest.