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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
la·ma       [lah-muh] Pronunciation Key
–noun
a priest or monk in Lamaism.

[Origin: 1645–55; < Tibetan lama (sp. bla ma) lit., superior one (in Tibetan applied only to monks of high rank)]
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la·ma       (lä'mə)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   A Buddhist monk of Tibet or Mongolia.


[Tibetan bla-ma, the upper one, lama, from bla, superior.]

Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
lama 
"Buddhist priest of Mongolia or Tibet," 1654, from Tibetan blama "chief, high priest," with silent b-.

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lama

noun
1. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism 
2. llamas 

American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
lama [(lah-muh)]

In the Buddhism of Tibet, a monk or priest. The chief of the lamas is the Dalai Lama.


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Lama

La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zo["o]l.) See Llama.

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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.

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Lama

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

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