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la⋅ma

  [lah-muh]
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–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)   
n.  A Buddhist monk of Tibet or Mongolia.

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

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

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.
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Language Translation for : lama
Spanish: hoja, filo,
German: die Klinge,
Japanese: 刃
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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 
"Buddhist priest of Mongolia or Tibet," 1654, from Tibetan blama "chief, high priest," with silent b-.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Lama

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

Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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