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lama


  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lama  \La"ma\  (?;  277),  n.  (Zo["o]l.) 
  See  {Llama}. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lama  \La"ma\,  n.  [Thibet.  blama  (pronounced  l["a]"ma)  a  chief,  a 
  high  priest.] 
  In  Thibet,  Mongolia,  etc.,  a  priest  or  monk  of  the  belief 
  called  Lamaism. 
 
  {The  Grand  Lama},  or  {Dalai  Lama}  [lit.,  Ocean  Lama],  the 
  supreme  pontiff  in  the  lamaistic  hierarchy.  See  {Lamaism}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lama 
  n  1:  a  Tibetan  or  Mongolian  priest  of  Lamaism 
  2:  llamas  [syn:  {Lama},  {genus  Lama}] 
 
  From  Easton's  1897  Bible  Dictionary  [easton]: 
 
  Lama 
  (Matt.  27:46),  a  Hebrew  word  meaning  why,  quoted  from  Ps  22:1. 
 




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