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[syn: Lama, genus Lama]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zool.)
See Llama.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lama \La"ma\, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced l[aum]"ma) a chief, a
high priest.]
In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief
called Lamaism.
[1913 Webster]
The Grand Lama, or Dalai Lama [lit., Ocean Lama], the
supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. Until the
Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998)
is in exile. See Lamaism.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lama
n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
2: llamas [syn: Lama, genus Lama]
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Lama
(Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.