Lama
['lɑːmə] or ['lɑmə]
Definition
(noun.) llamas.
(noun.) a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism.
Typed by Hiram--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) See Llama.
(n.) In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
Editor: Miriam
Examples
- I travelled for two years in Tibet, therefore, and amused myself by visiting Lhassa, and spending some days with the head lama. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He would find that most ancient type of human ruler, a god-king, enthroned, the Dalai Lama, the living Buddha. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The lama was their only beast of burden, and its strength seems to have been a good deal inferior to that of a common ass. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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