'Lama' definitions:
Definition of 'lama'
From: WordNet
Definition of 'Lama'
From: GCIDE
- 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]
Definition of 'Lama'
From: Easton
- Lama (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.