also: ぜんせつ
A Buddhist temple belonging to the Zen school. Synonymous with 禅寺 (ぜんでら), but 禅刹 is more formal and literary.
See also: 禅寺
Many old Zen temples remain in Kyoto.
Standard kanji form; reading ぜんさつ is more common.
Alternate reading; less common.
From 禅 (Zen) + 刹 (temple, from Sanskrit kṣetra via Chinese).