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.