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Lamaism
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Lamaism has 1 sense
- lamaism(n = noun.cognition) tibetan buddhism - a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism; Array is a kind of buddhism
Derived form noun lamaist1
CIDE DICTIONARY
Lamaism, n.
A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Tibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama. [1913 Webster]
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