Lamasery

//ləˈmɑːsəɹi// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 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. 2
    a monastery for lamas wordnet

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cloisterhouse

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"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.

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