lamasery

English

Alternative forms

• lamasary, lamaserai, lamastery

Etymology

From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧ma‧se‧ry
• IPA^(key): /ləˈmɑːsəɹi/

Noun

lamasery (plural lamaseries)

1. (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.

Translations

monastery for lamas

• Bulgarian: будистки манастир m (budistki manastir)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 喇嘛廟 / 喇嘛庙 (zh) (lǎmamiào), 喇嘛寺 (zh) (lǎmasì)

• Finnish: lamaluostari
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can