lamasery

/ləˈmɑːsəɹi/

Etymology

From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

noun

  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.”