Lama n. In Tibet, Mongolia, etc., a priest or monk of the belief called Lamaism.
The Grand Lama, or Dalai 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.
... to the dignity of chief pontiff of the sect. A separate province was assigned to him as his own territory, and besides his spiritual dignity, he became to a limited extent a temporal monarch. He is styled the Dalai Lama. ... — TITLE • AUTHOR
... at its head a Grand Lama, not to be confounded with the Dalai Lama of Lhassa, who is believed, or rather supposed, to have an immortal soul transmigrating ... — An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet • A. Henry Savage Landor
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