lama

Definitions of lama
  1. noun
    a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism
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    types:
    Dalai Lama, Gran Lama
    chief lama and once ruler of Tibet
    type of:
    sacerdote
    a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion
  2. noun
    any thick, viscous matter
    synonyms: cieno, limo, lodo, légamo, sustancia viscosa
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    type of:
    sustancia
    that which has mass and occupies space
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