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English
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Etymology
From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la‧ma‧se‧ry
- IPA(key): /ləˈmɑːsəɹi/
Noun
lamasery (plural lamaseries)
- (Buddhism) A monastery for lamas.
2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 490: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.
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