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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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