La"ma Zool.
See Llama.
© Webster 1913.
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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