different between tibet vs lamasery

English

Alternative forms

• thibet

Etymology

From the place name Tibet.

Noun

tibet (plural tibets)

1. (archaic) A woolen fabric generally printed in colours; a heavy fabric used for the same purposes as furs, made of goat hair, black and finely curled.
   • 1920, Special Agents Series (issue 194, page 59)

     The chief demand in men's-wear fabrics is for combed and milled fabrics such as worsteds, kerseys, tibets, meltons, etc.

English

Alternative forms

• lamaserai

Etymology

From French lamaserie, irregular formation from lama.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la?ma?se?ry
• IPA^(key): /l??m??s??i/

Noun

lamasery (plural lamaseries)

1. (Buddhism) A monastery for lamas.
   • 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 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.

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