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.
... seat of a former Buddhism better known by the name of Lamaism. A deep but crude religious feeling tainted with the grossest superstitions pervades the whole people, whose ignorance of ... — Wealth of the World's Waste Places and Oceania • Jewett Castello Gilson