Lama

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  • noun. In Tibetan Buddhism, one who is a religious teacher or is in a position of authority in a monastic community.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. A celibate priest or ecclesiastic belonging to that variety of Buddhism known as Lamaism.
  • noun. A genus of Camelidæ of South America, including the llama, vicugna, alpaca, and guanaco: now called Auchenia.
  • noun. See llama.
  • noun. In Samoa, the candlenut-tree (Alcurites Moluccana) or its nut. See kukui.
  • noun. A rich material made in Spain in the fifteenth century, described as a cloth of silver shaded and watered.
  • noun. A similar stuff of modern manufacture. See lama d'oro, below. Spanish Arts (S. K. Handbook).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. See llama.
  • noun. In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
  • noun. the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. Until the Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998) is in exile. See Lamaism.
  • noun. undefined
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A master of Tibetan Buddhism.
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  • noun. llamas
  • noun. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
  • Word Usage
    "The original meaning of the term lama, then, is a highly advanced spiritual teacher."
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    Drama  Fujiyama  Fukuyama  Gama  Hama  
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