α. 1700s– Lamist (now rare).
β. 1800s– Lamaist.
Also with lower-case initial.Lamaistn.adj.
/ˈlɑːmə(r)ɪst/, U.S. /ˈlɑməəst/ Buddhism.
A. n.
A follower or adherent of any of various forms of Mahayana Buddhism in which lamas play a significant role, such as those practised in Tibet and Mongolia.Now generally avoided in academic contexts due to the implication that these forms of Buddhism constitute a separate belief system.
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Lamaist1755
Lamaite1780
1755 tr. Voltaire Gen. Hist. & State Europe II. iii. vii. 45 He [sc. Tamerlane] tolerated alike the Mussulmen and the Lamists [Fr. lamistes], as well as the idolaters who were spread over the Indies.
1801 A. Bemetzrieder Code of Reason Ep. Ded. p. iv You are kind, not only to those who dissent from you, but also to the Jew, Mahometan, Lamaist, Bramist, Disciple of Confucius, and Follower of Natural Reason.
1889 Cent. Mag. Mar. 657/2 The great annual festival of the lamaists in July.
1961 Jrnl. Asian Stud. 20 200 The poet-saint, Mi-la ras-pa, whose poems are recited by itinerant monks and whose name and songs are revered by all Lamaists.
2005 New Yorker 25 Apr. 50/2 In less than a generation, many Mongols had become Lamaists, renouncing not only warfare but all other violence.
B. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of those forms of Mahayana Buddhism in which lamas play a significant role, such as those practised in Tibet and Mongolia; designating an adherent of such a form, e.g. a Tibetan or Mongolian Buddhist.Now generally avoided in academic contexts due to the implication that these forms of Buddhism constitute a separate belief system.
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Lamaic1795
Lamaite1814
Lamaitic1831
Lamaist1850
lamanical1851
Lamaistic1856
1850 H. Ruffner Fathers of Desert I. iii. 80 The conformity observed by the Romish missionaries in later times between the Lamaist worship and their own.
1895 L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet 298 The Lamaist sceptre or Dorje.
1999 Independent on Sunday 23 May (Travel section) 4/4 But it is not to see such modern renderings of lamaist architecture that Western visitors climb the hill to ‘Little Lhasa’.
2002 N. Drury Dict. Esoteric 176/2 The best-known Lamaist tract is the Tibetan Book of the Dead, a guide to post-mortem states of consciousness.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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