grand lama

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   chief lama and once ruler of Tibet

   SynonymsDalai Lama

   Broaderlama

Questions about grand lama

What does grand lama mean?

grand lama means "chief lama and once ruler of Tibet".

What is another word for grand lama?

Close synonyms include Dalai Lama. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is grand lama a common word?

grand lama is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.