Category:Lama

La"ma, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Llama.

lama La"ma, n. Etym: [Thibet. blama (pronounced lä''ma) a chief, a high priest.]

Defn: In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism. The Grand Lama, or Dalai Lama Etym: [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. See Lamaism.

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Lama - (Matthew 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Psalms 22:1.