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zendos

zendos is the plural of zendo.

Meaning of zendo

Noun

zendo (plural zendos)

  1. A hall at a Zen buddhist monastery where formal seated meditation (zazen) is practiced.
    • In the zendo, she settled herself in her teacher’s old seat and looked out over the room at the rows of meditators who were settling on their cushions, turning to face the smooth, white walls.2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 408

Questions about zendos

What is zendos the plural of?
Zendos is the plural of zendo.

Words near zendos in the dictionary

  1. zendik
  2. zendiks
  3. zendiq
  4. zendiqs
  5. zendo
  6. zendos
  7. zendrum
  8. zendrums
  9. Zener
  10. Zener card
  11. Zener cards

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