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

	

	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]

	

	lama
    n 1: a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
    2: llamas [syn: Lama, genus Lama]

	

	Lama
   (Matt. 27:46), a Hebrew word meaning why, quoted from Ps. 22:1.