'Lama' definitions:

Definition of 'lama'

From: WordNet
noun
A Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
noun
Llamas [syn: Lama, genus Lama]

Definition of 'Lama'

From: GCIDE
  • Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zool.) See Llama. [1913 Webster]

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.