lamaism Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a Buddhist doctrine that includes elements from India that are not Buddhist and elements of preexisting shamanism
    Tibetan Buddhism.

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La"ma*ism noun
Definitions
  1. A modified form of Buddhism which prevails in Thibet, Mongolia, and some adjacent parts of Asia; -- so called from the name of its priests. See 2d Lama.

Webster 1913