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Definition of "lamasery" [la•ma•ser•y]

  • A monastery of lamas. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lamasery" in a sentence
  • "The matter of discipline in the lamasery is a serious one."
  • "[Page 209] 12 This lamasery is also known as Gomba Soma."
  • "I may say in passing that the lamasery is rightly located by Mr.W. W. Rockhill in his "Land of the Lamas" and that Capt."