the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A monastery or convent of lamas, in Tibet, Mongolia, etc.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A Buddhist monastery or nunnery in Tibet or Mongolia, presided over by a chief lama, corresponding to a European abbot or abbess. Lamaseries are very numerous, and some contain several thousand inmates.
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