Lama

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zool.)
     See {Llama}.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Lama \La"ma\, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced l[aum]"ma) a chief, a
     high priest.]
     In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief
     called Lamaism.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {The Grand Lama}, or {Dalai Lama} [lit., Ocean 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}.
        [1913 Webster +PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lama
       n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
       2: llamas [syn: {genus Lama}]

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Lama
     (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.