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   Lama (?; 277), n. (Zool.) See Llama.
   
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   Lama, n. [Tibet. blama (pronounced läma) a chief, a high priest.] In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
   
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   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.
   
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