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lamaserai

lamaserai is the dated form of lamasery.

Meaning of lamasery

Noun

lamasery (plural lamaseries)

  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.2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage, published 2007, page 490

Forms of lamaserai

plurallamaserais

Origin of lamaserai

From French lamaserie, reinterpreted as lama + serai.

Questions about lamaserai

What is lamaserai the dated form of?
Lamaserai is the dated form of lamasery.

Words near lamaserai in the dictionary

  1. Lamarrs
  2. Lamartinian
  3. lamas
  4. lamasaries
  5. lamasary
  6. lamaserai
  7. lamaserais
  8. lamaserie
  9. lamaseries
  10. lamasery
  11. lamassu

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