Definitions for LAMA

LAMA la·ma

Spelling: [lah-muh]
IPA: /ˈlɑ mə/

Lama is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 27 anagrams from letters in LAMA (aalm).

Definitions for LAMA

noun

  1. a priest or monk in Lamaism.

Origin of LAMA

1645-55; Tibetan lama (spelling bla ma) literally, superior one (in Tibetan applied only to monks of high rank)

Examples for LAMA

After a while a lama came in with a smiling face and said he had good news to give me.

I suggested that either one of the Coe lads or lama should go with him, to which he said "Bosh!"

The father confessed to the abuse, mentioning to the judge that he believed that lama was behaving inappropriately.

Our religion is called the lamaic one—from the word 'lama,' superior.

The lama was silent and afterwards, as though answering my thoughts, continued.

They have a great number of monks and priests, each of whom is called a lama.

I asked my interpreter not to lose a single word of what the lama told me.

A Tibetan lama believes he cured his gangrene-stricken leg by meditating for a year.

lama Fakih, a Syria country researcher at Human Rights Watch, explains the legal repercussions of indiscriminate weapons.

The lama shrunk up inside his coat and looked at me with fear.

Word Value for LAMA
Scrable

6

Words with friends

8

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