Dalai Lama
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
Dalai Lama /ˌdalʌɪˈlɑːmə/
▶noun the spiritual head of Tibetan Buddhism and, until the establishment of Chinese communist rule, the spiritual and temporal ruler of Tibet.
– origin from Tibetan, lit. ‘ocean monk’, so named because he is regarded as ‘the ocean of compassion’.
'Dalai Lama' also found in these Oxford entries:
