teschinite, teschenite

[After Teschin or Teschen, Moravia, where first found; suff. -ite ( Petrol.).] Petrol.: A rock consisting of variable proportions of a plagioclase felspar, fresh nepheline, augite. and hornblende, with some ilmenite and apatite. Těsh-ō La-ma, s. [See def.] Compar. Relig .: The abbot of the great monastery at Krashis Lunpo; one of the great Lamas, the other being the Dalai Lama, who has the political supremacy. When either dies it is nece ary for the other to ascertain in whose body the celestial atoms. tertiary-colors, s. pl. been pleased again to incarnate himself. For that purpose the names of all the male children born just after the death of the deceased Grand Lama are laid before his survivor, who chooses three out of the whole number. Their names are inscribed on tablets and put into a casket, whence one is selected test by the abbots of the great monasteries to fill the place of the dead Lama. The Tesho Lama is often called Pantshen Rinpotshe (the Glorious Teacher). tes-quîte, s . [Native Indian.] A natural alkaline efflorescence, found around some of the southwestern lakes, ., of the Union. *těs-sar-a-dec-ad, s. [Gr. te ares =four, and deka ten.] A group of fourteen individuals; an aggregate of fourteen.