English Dictionary: Lama | by the DICT Development Group |
4 results for Lama | |
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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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. |