Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A Buddhist monk of Tibet or Mongolia.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A celibate priest or ecclesiastic belonging to that variety of Buddhism known as Lamaism. There are several grades of lamas, both male and female. The dalai-lama and the tesho or bogdo-lama are regarded as supreme pontiffs. They are of equal authority in their respective territories but the former is much the more important, and is known to Europeans as the Grand Lama.
- n. A genus of Camelidæ of South America, including the llama, vicugna, alpaca, and guanaco: now called Auchenia.
- n. See llama.
- n. A rich material made in Spain in the fifteenth century, described as a cloth of silver shaded and watered.
- n. A similar stuff of modern manufacture. See lama d'oro, below. Spanish Arts (S. K. Handbook).
- n. In Samoa, the candlenut-tree (Alcurites Moluccana) or its nut. See kukui.
Wiktionary
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.) See llama.
- n. In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
WordNet 3.0
- n. llamas.
- n. a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
Etymologies
- From Tibetan བླ་མ (bla-ma). (Wiktionary)
- Tibetan bla-ma, the upper one, lama, from bla, superior. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“The original meaning of the term lama, then, is a highly advanced spiritual teacher.”
“Lama Zopa was not using the Tibetan word lama in one of its looser meanings as simply a monk or as merely a performer of rituals who has completed three years of intensive meditation practice.”
“In Sanskrit the word for lama is guru, which literally means heavy in the sense of being possessed of many great qualities leading to altruistic activities.”
“Mālama is the Hawaiian value of caring and stewardship, and from what I personally know of 800-CEO-READ I am confident that they will be a worthy steward.”
“Boveda brick, also known as "ladrillo de lama" is made for boveda building and it is a special kind of brick, it's size, ligth weight, and absortion rate is what makes it special for it's use in bovedas.”
“: Boveda brick, also known as "ladrillo de lama" is made for boveda building and it is a special kind of brick, it's size, ligth weight, and absortion rate is what makes it special for it's use in bovedas.”
“Because of this diversity, the word lama gradually acquired other meanings.”
“Another common use of the word lama is in reference to reincarnate lamas, tulkus.”
“Also, I should point out that the way the word lama is used varies from one Tibetan tradition to the next.”
“‘Did they wound thee, chela?’ called the lama above him.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘lama’.
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Loanwords
Since English is littered with loanwords, everything could conceivably end up here. But there is a distinct feeling associated with these.. maybe they're young additions to the English language; I ...
iceberg, fjord, firth, abbey, abyss, anorak, apartheid, assassin, avalanche, avocado, balaclava, banana and 104 more...
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Logolepsy
"Luciferous Logolepsy is a collection of over 9,000 obscure English words. Though the definition of an 'English' word might seem to be straightforward, it is not. There exist so many adopted, deriv...
Anschauung, Areopagus, Argus, Briarean, Dei gratia, Dei judicium, Deo volente, Duecento, Foehn, Geflugelte Worte, Gegenschein, Hakenkreuz and 9230 more...
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cotton
Cotton is a blended word with rich flavor. One meaning root is from the semitic root qtn that means to 'become thin or fine'; and the other meaning is from Welsh cytun or cytun that means to ' agr...
cotton, hosanna, Seneca, crab, hock, bow, bark, carousal, limber, rash, beguine, kennel and 26 more...
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Doo-it-yourself Doowop List
Just add a few of these words and phrases together to create your own doowop song.
doo wop, doo, wop, lama, shama, dong, ding, dooooo -wop-wop, shama lama, bom-bom-bom, doo-wop, shang-a-lang and 35 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Chromonyms
These chromonyms are defined as colors in at least one dictionary (mostly MW3). (Actually there's one fake, for reasons I'll explain someday.) They are all one-word nouns such as "kelly", which can...
absinthe, acacia, acorn, alabaster, alesan, almond, aloma, amaranth, amber, amethyst, anemone, anil and 821 more...
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titles of royalty
To keep handy when I want to alliterate as in "sultan of swing". To avoid repetition, where there are gender-oriented variants of the same weird, use the masculine (because I'm sexist).
sultan, baron, contessa, raj, king, queen, prince, emperor, lama, duke, lord, potentate and 9 more...
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scrap 1
siroco, observe, disrupt, contemplate, intensity, illicit, reckless, predicament, code, tattle, gossip, fizzle and 38 more...
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For a Higher Power
Holy men (and women).
priest, bishop, deacon, archbishop, cardinal, pope, abbot, monk, nun, chaplain, cleric, friar and 32 more...
Tweets
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