zendohttp://www.oed.com/dictionary/zendo_n%3Ftab%3Dmeaning_and_usezendo, n.
Revised 2018

zendonoun

  1. 1914–
    A room or hall used for Zen Buddhist meditation and study. Also in extended use: a school or centre giving instruction in Zen meditation and practice.
    1. 1914
      There rises the long, low Zendô, a lecture hall devoted to the discussion of the Dhyâna or ‘meditative doctrine’ of the Zenshû Buddhists.
      G. C. Pier, Temple Treasures Japan 142
    2. 1938
      The Hall of Meditation, or Zendo, is characteristic of the Zen sanctuaries.
      M. Logé, translation of E. Steinilber-Oberlin, Buddhist Sects Japan viii. 141
    3. 1956
      With the intellect alert and the sensibilities dull, insight may require years in a Zendō.
      Philos. East & West 1 April 42
    4. 1999
      Later, she opened a zendo (teaching centre) in Manila.
      Toronto Star (Nexis) 26 September
    5. 2016
      In a zendo, where I practise regularly, part of the thing is to clean the floor.
      Guardian (Nexis) 1 January

zendo, n. was revised in June 2018.

zendo, n. was last modified in July 2023.