Lamasery

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la + ma + se + ry
• IPA: /ləˈmɑːsəɹi/

Origin

From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

Full definition of lamasery

Noun

1. 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.