Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to a lama; relating to or consisting of lamas: as, the lamaic system; a lamaic hierarchy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to Lamaism.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
lamaism .
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Examples
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Once or twice she ventured to creep down to the great temple of the monastery, drawn by curiosity and the sound of harmonious Buddhist chants intoned by the lamaic choir.
The Jungle Girl Gordon Casserly
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In high relief on one side was a Tibetan Dorje -- the short lamaic sceptre with a crown at each end.
Jimgrim Mundy, Talbot, 1879-1940 1931
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