NA'LII.
The chiefs or nobles were of several orders.

The highest chief bore the title of _Moi_, which may best be rendered by the word majesty.

In a remote period of Hawaiian history, this title was synonymous with _Ka lani_, heaven.

This expression occurs frequently in ancient poems: _Auhea oe, e ka lani?
Eia ae_.

This mode of address is very poetic, and quite pleasing to the chiefs.
The Moi was still called _kapu_ and _aliinui_.