lamasery
a monastery of lamas.
Origin of lamasery
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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 DoyleFar below on a yellow hillside hung the Kanjut lamasery above Rinchengong.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerI remembered sitting on a hillside near a lamasery, which was surrounded by a small village of Lamas' houses.
The Unveiling of Lhasa | Edmund CandlerThey enter the lamasery when very young, and remain students for many years.
In the Forbidden Land | Arnold Henry Savage LandorI 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
/ (ˈlɑːməsərɪ) /
a monastery of lamas
Origin of lamasery
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