Lamasery:
a monastery of lamas. [Wordsmyth]
And a lama appears to be a Tibetan monk. Noted in “The century-old quest to find this large, mythical animal,” Nathalia Holt, WaPo:
The next morning, [the Roosevelt brothers] mustered the energy to hike the snowy mountain listlessly. Hearing the beating of drums, they followed the noise to a stone edifice strung with Tibetan prayer flags. They had stumbled upon a remote lamasery, and the expedition was saved by the benevolence of monks who took in the travelers. The men and women, dressed in golden robes, offered the brothers food, clean bedding and supplies, even helping patch up the burned holes in Kermit’s coat with squares of bright yellow from their own clothing. Renewed by their few days in the lamasery, the explorers returned to the trail.
