Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Lama

Lama (?; 277) , noun

(Zoology) See Llama.

Lama la"ma , noun

[Tibet. blama (pronounced la"ma) a chief, a high priest.]

In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
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The Grand Lama or Dalai 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.