also: ぜんせつ
noun
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
京都には古い禅刹が数多く残っている。
Many old Zen temples remain in Kyoto.
禅寺 is the common, everyday word for a Zen temple. 禅刹 is a more formal, literary synonym.
From 禅 (Zen) + 刹 (temple, from Sanskrit kṣetra via Chinese).