斎さい堂どう

noun

dining hall in a Zen temple; refectory

Specifically refers to the communal dining hall in a Zen Buddhist temple or monastery where monks eat in a formal, ritualized manner.

• 修しゅ行ぎょう僧そうたちは斎さい堂どうで静しずかに食しょく事じをとる。

  The trainee monks eat their meals quietly in the refectory.