lama
a priest or monk in Lamaism.
Origin of lama
1Words that may be confused with lama
- lama , llama
Words Nearby lama
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How to use lama in a sentence
We need guidance from the wisest creatures of our minds and from dreamers like Pope Francis, Greta Thunberg, the Indigenous leader Raoni and the Dalai lama, so that the strongest among us can relearn how to take care of the weakest.
A few years ago, you and some other scientists spent a week with the Dalai lama.
The Spiritual Consciousness of Christof Koch - Issue 107: The Edge | Steve Paulson | October 13, 2021 | NautilusWangchen gathered 40 hours of interview footage from 108 Tibetans discussing the upcoming Games, the Dalai lama, political persecution and Han migration.
How Beijing Is Redefining What It Means to Be Chinese, from Xinjiang to Inner Mongolia | CHARLIE CAMPBELL/SHANGHAI | July 12, 2021 | TimeHe’s the head lama at the Jigme Dorji Wangchuck National Referral Hospital, the main hospital in Bhutan.
In 2019, Mango TV omitted Lady Gaga from its live stream over her past meeting with the Dalai lama.
China’s Oscars boycott mixes politics with push to curb Hollywood dominance | Lyric Li, Steven Zeitchik | April 22, 2021 | Washington Post
Besides, the Dalai lama had already laughed about its improbability.
Though he currently lives in India, the Dalai lama has told Vreeland that he must return someday to live as a monk in America.
On the one hand, the Dalai lama is, as he describes himself, “a Buddhist monk.”
Goyeneche practices yoga and follows the Dalai lama on Twitter.
Sometimes the wishful thinking was done by well-known individuals—the Dalai lama and Ralph Bunche.
Up To A Point: What We Really Need Is a Nobel War Prize | P. J. O’Rourke | October 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis influence is hardly so great as it used to be, still he is the great Brahmin and the grand lama of the locality.
Our Churches and Chapels | AtticusOutside was a rude altar made of stones from the river-bed, where a lama was burning incense and chanting prayers.
Mount Everest the Reconnaissance, 1921 | Charles Kenneth Howard-BuryThen he continued his questions, asking much about the lama, and the customs and religion of his people.
Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah ReedThey only knew that the lama who had been walled in for sixty-nine years had wished to see the sun again before he died.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven HedinThe Linga monks said that an ordinary lama, when he dies, is cut in pieces and abandoned to the birds.
Trans-Himalaya, Vol. 2 (of 2) | Sven Hedin
British Dictionary definitions for lama
/ (ˈlɑːmə) /
a priest or monk of Lamaism
Origin of lama
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Cultural definitions for lama
[ (lah-muh) ]
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