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Grand Lama

noun

  1. the chief monk and ruler of Tibet: called the Dalai Lama since the middle of the 17th century.


Grand Lama

noun

  1. either of two high priests of Lamaism, the Dalai Lama or the Panchen Lama
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Grand Lama1

First recorded in 1930–35
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Example Sentences

Even more, he was like the Grand Lama, almost an object of worship.

Substitute the Grand Lama for that of Jesus Christ, and the thing is done.

These ideas are for all that in contradiction to the sacred books; but it is not surprising that the ministers of the Grand Lama have sought to give them vogue amongst the multitude.

For a long time Thibet enjoyed the same advantages under the Grand Lama; but that is a gross error striving to imitate a sublime truth.

I was now in love, and cared as little for Boards of Directors and resolutions passed in committee as for the ordinances of the Grand Lama.

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