Dalai Lama

[ dah-lahy lah-muh ]

/ ˈdɑ laɪ ˈlɑ mə /

noun

(formerly) the ruler and chief monk of Tibet, believed to be a reincarnation of Avalokitesvara and sought for among newborn children after the death of the preceding Dalai Lama.

Compare Tashi Lama.

Origin of Dalai Lama

< Mongolian, equivalent to dalai ocean + lama a celibate priest

Example sentences from the Web for dalai lama

After his death, this title was given to the Dalai-Lama of Thibet.

The Unknown Life of Jesus Christ |Nicolas Notovitch
The Dalai-Lama is evidently an energetic and well-intentioned man.

The Strand Magazine |Various
This could only be done by addressing themselves to the great head of their religion, the Dalai-Lama of Tibet.

Narrative And Miscellaneous Papers |Thomas De Quincey
Dalai-Lama, chief priest of Lamaism, reverenced as a living incarnation of deity, always present on earth in him.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia |Edited by Rev. James Wood

This could only be done by addressing themselves to the great head of 10 their religion, the Dalai-Lama of Tibet.

De Quincey's Revolt of the Tartars |Thomas De Quincey

British Dictionary definitions for dalai lama

Dalai Lama

/ (ˈdælaɪ ˈlɑːmə) /

noun

(until 1959) the chief lama and ruler of Tibet

born 1935, the 14th holder of this office (1940), who fled to India (1959): Nobel peace prize 1989

Word Origin for Dalai Lama

from Mongolian dalai ocean; see lama

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