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English Dictionary: Lama by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Lama
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lama
n
  1. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
  2. llamas
    Synonym(s): Lama, genus Lama
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lama \La"ma\ (?; 277), n. (Zo[94]l.)
      See {Llama}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lama \La"ma\, n. [Thibet. blama (pronounced l[84][b6]ma) a
      chief, a high priest.]
      In Thibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief
      called Lamaism.
  
      {The Grand Lama}, [or] {Dalai Lama} [lit., Ocean Lama], the
            supreme pontiff in the lamaistic hierarchy. See {Lamaism}.

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Lama
      (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.
     
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