lamasery

[ lah-muh-ser-ee ]
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noun,plural la·ma·ser·ies.
  1. a monastery of lamas.

Origin of lamasery

1
First recorded in 1865–70, lamasery is from the French word lamaserie.

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How to use lamasery in a sentence

  • Their astral bodies have departed from them, to be present at the feast of lamps in the holy lamasery of Rudok in Tibet.

    The Mystery of Cloomber | Arthur Conan Doyle
  • Far below on a yellow hillside hung the Kanjut lamasery above Rinchengong.

    The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund Candler
  • I remembered sitting on a hillside near a lamasery, which was surrounded by a small village of Lamas' houses.

    The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund Candler
  • They enter the lamasery when very young, and remain students for many years.

    In the Forbidden Land | Arnold Henry Savage Landor
  • I took this chance to make an offering of five hundred rupees to the lamasery.

    An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet | A. Henry Savage Landor

British Dictionary definitions for lamasery

lamasery

/ (ˈlɑːməsərɪ) /


nounplural -series
  1. a monastery of lamas

Origin of lamasery

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C19: from French lamaserie, from lama + French -serie, from Persian serāī palace

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