Definition of "lamas" []

• Plural form of lama. (noun)

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• "Among his patients were people of high and low degree, lamas from the great monastery, Tibetan and"
• "Nowadays, many so-called lamas have lost sight of this; the height of their teaching thrones and the elegance of their special hats do not reflect their inner state."
• "During the festival which follows, all these jubilant fathers go out of the village as a gaudily dressed procession, and form a circle round a picture of a yak, painted by the lamas, which is used as a target to be shot at with bows and arrows, and it is believed that the man who hits it in the centre will be blessed with a son in the coming year."