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Dalai Lama

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Da·lai La·ma  (däl läm)
n.
The traditional governmental ruler and highest priest of the dominant sect of Buddhism in Tibet and Mongolia, understood by Tibetans to be the living incarnation of the bodhisattva of compassion.
[Tibetan : Mongolian dalai, ocean + Tibetan bla-ma, monk (so called because he is known as the ocean of compassion); see lama.]
Dalai Lama
Noun
the chief lama and (until 1959) ruler of Tibet
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Noun1.Dalai LamaDalai Lama - chief lama and once ruler of Tibet  
Grand Lama
lama - a Tibetan or Mongolian priest of Lamaism


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