the Dalai Lamanoun [ S ]
uk/ˌdæl.aɪ ˈlɑː.mə/us/ˌdæl.aɪ ˈlɑː.mə/the leader of the Tibetan Buddhist religion
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Religious leaders & officials
- archbishop
- archbishopric
- archdeacon
- ayatollah
- bishop
- clerical
- confessor
- curacy
- curate
- deacon
- ministry
- muezzin
- mullah
- padre
- papal
- primate
- rabbi
- rector
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Examples from literature
- According to some accounts the mode of discovering the Dalai Lama is similar to the method, already described, of discovering an ordinary Grand Lama.
- He talks of Tibet and the Dalai Lama, and of the great stillness in the heart of the desert.
- Mongolia is subject to China, and the Mongols' spiritual superior or pope is the Dalai Lama.
- This was a treasure filched from the garden of the Dalai Lama.