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roshis

roshis is the plural of roshi.

Meaning of roshi

Noun

roshi (plural roshis)

  1. An elderly and revered Buddhist monk.
    • A good abbot or roshi couldn't care less about power, and a truly enlightened philosopher-prince like the emperor Asoka of ancient India would become more interested in compassion for the suffering of humanity than in power over the states of the world.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 227

Questions about roshis

What is roshis the plural of?
Roshis is the plural of roshi.

Words near roshis in the dictionary

  1. Roshei Chodashim
  2. Rosher
  3. Rosherville
  4. roshi
  5. Roshidere
  6. roshis
  7. roshogolla
  8. roshogollas
  9. Roshven
  10. rosiaite
  11. Rosian

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