Meanings
nounlamaserai (plural lamaserais)
plural lamaserais
- datedDated form of lamasery.
Meanwhile Thlunrana, that secret lamaserai, that chief cathedral of wizardry, was the terror of the valley in which it stood and of all lands round about it.
1915 April, Lord Dunsany [i.e., Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany], “How the Enemy Came to Thlunrana”, in Fifty-one Tales, London: [Charles] Elkin Mathews, →OCLC
Origin
- Frenchlamaserie
- Englishlamaserai
From French lamaserie, reinterpreted as lama + serai.
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lamaserai. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lamaserai
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