lama n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism 2: llamas [syn: {Lama}, {genus Lama}]
Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zool.) See {Llama}. [1913 Webster]
Lama \La"ma\, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced l[aum]"ma) a chief, a high priest.] In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism. [1913 Webster] {The Grand Lama}, or {Dalai Lama} [lit., Ocean Lama], the supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. Until the Chinese occupied Tibet he resided in Lhasa, but now (1998) is in exile. See {Lamaism}. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Lama (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.