lamasery
Americannoun
plural
lamaseriesnoun
Etymology
Origin of lamasery
First recorded in 1865–70, lamasery is from the French word lamaserie.
Example Sentences
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Because the affair took place at Kum Bum Lamasery in remote Hwangyuan, China�which is practically out of this world�it took nearly three months for the full story to reach the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
Next to the plaster mountains are two 40-ft. waterfalls, four glistening pools, and an 80-ft.-high Greco-Roman-Byzantine-Gothic-Sung-Khmer Lamasery that owes more to Hilton the hotelier than Hilton the novelist.
From Time Magazine Archive
Meetings were held in Madame's apartment, nicknamed "The Lamasery," and decorated like a bad dream.
From Time Magazine Archive
They then proceeded to the little Lamasery of Tchogortan.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis
A stream, bordered with willows and fine longwort, after tranquilly encircling the Lamasery, dashes over a rocky fall, and continues its course in the desert.
From Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6 Volume 2 by Huc, Évariste Régis
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