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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 La·ma, 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.