Lamasery
/ləˈmɑːsəɹi/ noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A monastery for lamas.
"purposeful melody, reminding veterans of duty on the Himalayan station, of transmundane melody performed upon ancient horns fashioned from the thigh-bones of long-departed priests, in wind-beaten lamaseries miles above the level of a sea at this distance belonging more to legend than geography."
- 2 a monastery for lamas wordnet
Example
More examples"purposeful melody, reminding veterans of duty on the Himalayan station, of transmundane melody performed upon ancient horns fashioned from the thigh-bones of long-departed priests, in wind-beaten lamaseries miles above the level of a sea at this distance belonging more to legend than geography."
Etymology
From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.