lamaism

POS

Adjective, Noun

HYPHEN

La=ma=ism

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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;

is a kind of buddhism

Derived form noun lamaist₁

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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]