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lamasery|ləˈmɑːsərɪ|
Also lamasary, lamaserai, lamassery, lamastery, lamestery.
[a. F. lamaserie, app. formed irreg. by Huc from lama: see lama1.
The spelling lamaserai indicates that the word has been supposed to be a compound of Pers. sarāĭ inn (see serai).]
A Tibetan or Mongolian monastery of lamas.
1867M. Jones Huc's Tartary 36 During our stay at Tolon Noor, we had frequent occasion to visit the Lamaseries, or Lama Monasteries. 1870Pall Mall G. 23 Nov. 11, I was for seven years steward of the grand lamasary of Ga-den. 1882Baber in R. Geog. Soc. Suppl. Papers I. i. 96 It contains many lamaserais of 200 or 300 monks, some indeed of 2000 or 3000. |