Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lama"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Lama
(Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.
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) 1.7 (wn)
lama
n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
2: llamas [syn: {Lama}, {genus Lama}]
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