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Asian monk heard beast (4)

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lama

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'asian monk' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for lama that I've seen before include "devout Buddhist" , "A Buddhist priest in Tibet (4)" , "A Tibetan Buddhist priest or monk" , "Tibetan high priest" , "Tibetan spiritual leader" .)

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