La"ma Zool.

See Llama.

 

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La"ma, n. [Thibet. blama (pronounced la"ma) a chief, a high priest.]

In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.

The Grand Lama, ∨ Dalai Lama [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. See Lamaism.

 

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