English
Etymology
From F. lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.
Pronunciation
IPA|/l��m��s�ɹi/
Noun
en-noun|lamaseries
- A monastery for lamas in Tibet and Mongolia.
#*2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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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